All I Want for Christmas

Over Christmas, we were listening to the song, "All I want for Christmas is You".  Immediately after hearing te song, Paige came up to me and, in all seriousness, said, "Mommy, all I want for Christmas is toys."  Since then, she's latched onto the phrase, "All I want for Christmas is" and then fills in the blank with whatever she's thinking about at the moment.  Sometimes she's being sweet and she'll say that all she wants for Christmas is "you, Mommy."  Sometimes it might be something she wants to eat like pixie stix, a cookie, or a popsicle.  Probably the most dramatic one I've heard is, "All I want for Christmas is a double decker bus."  (Not going to happen!!!)  And then I heard the most unique one this afternoon.  Its a beautiful day outside and we've been working around in the yard and outside doing some clean-up.  Paige was riding on her little bike and at some point rode up to me and said, "Mommy, all I want for Christmas is no slugs."  She paused for a second and then yelled, "Do you hear that, Santa?  All I want for Christmas is no, no, no slugs."  That one actually sounds pretty good to me, too.  :)

Announcements

As part of our weekly Family Home Evening each week, we have a short time for announcements.  Mostly this is about scheduling.  Each person takes a couple of minutes to announce what activities they have going on that week.  It could be their weekly lessons, a church activity an awards ceremony at school or a doctor's appointment.  It helps us know what each person has going on and it reminds us of what activities us parents need to be aware of.  Occasionally someone shares an announcement that has more to do with something great they accomplished that week or something they are hoping to accomplish that week.  And we frequently have to re-direct someone who wants to make announcement time a free-for-all time of sharing all their thoughts and feelings. :)  We had a good laugh out of announcements this week, when Cory called on Paige to share her announcements and she responded with, "I love Target."  It may have been a little unorthodox as far as announcements go, but I can't argue with her on it one bit. :)