24 December 2009

Merry Christmas

Xmas Colors
To all my friends and family out there, I miss you and hope to see you again soon.

22 December 2009

Christmas Wonder

Much has been made in other blogs, tweets, and articles about kids and Christmas over-anticipation, hype, and excess sugar consumption... in our house so far, the Christmas fuss has been pretty low key. We're not grinches; it's more that we have been a bit slow to gear up. So far the moments of Christmas wonder this season have been:

Anya turning out the lights, pulling a chair to the middle of the room, and sitting down to gaze in awe at the tree, saying, "I could watch this for hours!"

Callum and Anya running around in front of the bubble machine, dancing polar bear, and fog machine at a local Christmas lights contestant's house.

Visiting Santa at Myer's department store and not knowing what to say when Santa asked what they were hoping to get for Christmas.

Anya gravely informing me that Santa has two lists. This following on from discussion of a show, "Little Angels," about a real family with discipline/sleep/naughtiness issues.

07 December 2009

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way

I have a very delightful recording of Callum singing his own version of Jingle Bells. But, I had to convert it to a video in order to upload it, and decided to use some photos of Callum from babyhood to toddler. If you don't feel like watching, here is a partial transcription of the recording...

Callum: Jingle tiger - Jingle tiger - Jingle on the tiger
Elaine: On the tiger?!
Callum: /laughs/ Yeah! Jingle tiger - Jingle tiger - Jingle on the bubble
Elaine: On the what?
Callum: On the bubble!
Elaine: On the bubble?!
Callum: /laughs/ Yeah! Jingle bubble - Jingle bubble - Jingle on the bubble