Hi! It’s raining here. It started while I was at the Girl Scouts office for a science program with the Brownies. The girls all cheered when they heard the drops hitting the skylights! (Then one of the skylights started leaking.)
We don’t quite have the shopping done, but we’re not overly fixated on Christmas as the day to give things, either :-). DP got some animal toys for the little boys yesterday, and we’re planning to get them a new mini-trampoline (usable in the house). We got one when we first moved here, but it wore out from all the jumping Bill did, before he got into serious distance running.
The presenter at the Girl Scouts activity today would like to sell us a 4’ corn snake with all his accessories. Tom and Anoreth are whooping, but DP will have to decide.
Well, Christmas is “easy” for me. I buy stocking stuffers for the two little kids here, and do birthdays for the little kids in Arkansas, since one is in December and one is in January.
The two big boys get whatever I can afford at the time. The one here is an m&m freak, so he’s getting an m&m stocking stuffer. The one in Ft. Lewis is another matter.
The Christmas for my kids has been difficult. Neither of them wants me to spend any money on them, so that was hard. However, since Igor and I adopted each other’s kids, I sent off for copies of the Adoption Decrees, and that’s what they will get.
A snake. A corn snake. My daughter has a snake. He doesn’t like her. He keeps trying to bite the hand that feeds him. Good luck with yours. (If DP agrees....)