We went to AZ for Christmas. It was mostly low-key…watched a lot of movies and Dangerboy played lots of video games. Slept in, etc. PDaniel's family is sweet and laid-back. And generous. We went on a couple of family outings…one to an art museum in Tempe and a gingerbread Whoville, and one to an ostrich farm and Picacho State Park, then out for Mexican food. The kids (especially Cookie-Nut) loved the farm. CN was scared of the ostriches, but she loved feeding the greedy goats and deer. One little donkey became her special friend. There was also a lorikeet aviary where the birds slurped up nectar from little cups we held for them and they perched all over us. DB’s favorite part was a hand-cranked conveyer belt he used to ship food pellets to a pen of goats in a big cherry-picker-type thing. He stayed there for a long time.
The other day we went with the cousins to see the Muppet movie again, which we saw over Thankgiving. It’s pretty funny, and the kids enjoyed seeing it again. The songs are my favorite part…they’re by Brett from Flight of the Conchords, the one and awesomely only parody musical sitcom. Both Muppet movie and Flight of the Conchords (disclaimer--the latter is a solid PG-13) I highly recommend.
It snowed this morning. I went to go pick up our Bountiful Basket (-o-produce) and what should I see but K shoveling the snow off our front stairs. It warmed my heart. (K’s our neighbor kid…one of DB’s older friends. Has a reputation for mischief, but really a good kid.)
Kid quotables:DB (refusing to get a haircut): “I want to have a beard and be hairy like Uncle L.” (Uncle L has long Jesus-like hair and a beard).
CN: “But Jesus doesn’t love Santa Claus.” Why not? “Because Christmas is Jesus’s birthday, and he wanted presents.” But did Santa bring Jesus presents? “Yes!” So I’m confused, but somehow the whole birthday/present/Christmas/Santa relationship has her confused too, I think.
We were in the car, talking about a trip to the zoo that she doesn’t remember:
CN: “So you lift me up and I see the elephants?”
Me: “Yes.”
CN: “But I can’t see my eyes.”
Me: “That’s right, we can’t see our eyes, except in the mirror.”
CN: “But I can see your eyes! And I can see all the things that I can see! Anyways, I don’t like the sun.”
Me: “Why don’t you like the sun?”
Clara: “’Cause it’s sunning in my eyes!”
4 comments:
So fun to hear from you! Glad you had a nice Christmas, sometimes those low-key ones are just the kid of vacation you need.
You're kids are so cute. I love the quotes you post.
We'll have to see Muppets I guess (I didn't know Flight of the Con. did the music. that'll be cool.)
Yay! A post! CN is sounding much more grown up. Ben wants to see the Muppet movie with the girls when it hits the dollar theater.
It was so good to have you here for Christmas, it really made it wonderful for us. I was very happy to see a new post from you and love to read what the children say.
Love, Grandma Rosie
I've been to that Ostrich Farm! With all the times I drove from Tucson to Phoenix and back, I finally stopped one day. I learned that I'm afraid of Ostriches too! but I loved the Lorikeets!
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