I really should be wrapping Christmas presents, but that is so boring, and I suck at it anyway, so I’m not doing it. Hey, I made TWO different kinds of cookies today AND real fudge, the kind you stir constantly for a jillion minutes and then all you get is a tiny 8 inch pan’s worth. Which for us is about four servings, so tomorrow I have to go back out for more evaporated milk and semi-sweet chocolate chips, and I am very afraid.

Have you been to a store in the last day or two? You would think that there will never be food for sale again, ever, so the entire City is at Kroger. We went there Friday at 1:00 in the afternoon to pick up cupcakes for Nathan’s birthday treat at school. Note to self: Friday is Senior Citizen’s Day at Kroger. Avoid at all costs. But look how cute the cupcakes were!:

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Kaitlyn continues to be insanely adorable. Today she climbed into the tiny rocking chair in her room that used to be mine when I was a toddler, picked up The Going To Bed Book and sat there “reading” it for a good ten minutes. While I was baking, she got close to the oven and I said “No, honey, it’s hot” and then she walked around the house for the next half hour saying “hot. hot. hot.” She has been so patient during all of our trips to crowded grocery stores and malls-god, the MALL. We went and saw Santa last weekend, and I am NOT HAPPY about it.

It used to be that your kids could talk to Santa while you took your own photos, and you only had to buy a photo if you wanted it in a cardboard frame right away. Not any more. The kids were hustled over to Santa, positioned on his lap, SNAP SNAP went the camera, he handed them some stickers and that was it. At least the Santa asked the kids what they wanted for Christmas. Ryan, bless his heart, wants Santa to bring him a Barnes and Noble gift certificate so he can buy some books. That’s my boy.

So, we paid $15.00 for ONE 3×5 and two keychain photos, which look like hell. Seriously, I think they were using a Fisher Price color printer or something, the photo quality is terrible. Chris was able to get a few shots standing off to the side, and here’s the best one:

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At least Kaitlyn isn’t crying! In fact, she wasn’t scared of Santa at all, which really surprised me since she’s been so clingy lately. She was very interested in his face:

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and was happy to accept his gift of a sheet of snowman stickers:

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So even though it was overpriced and rushed, the kids looked cute, and no one cried. Success! (Jennster, if you can’t see the photos, I’m putting them on Flickr too).

And now, completely off topic, did you watch SNL last Saturday with host Justin Timberlake? It was easily the funniest SNL I have seen in YEARS. Who knew Justin Timberlake was so funny? The best sketch of all, which you may have read about or seen on YouTube, is “D*ck In A Box”. Yes, I am in fact a twelve year old boy, because I think it is funny as hell. It’s been taken down from YouTube, but there is this Video Response done by two college kids that gives you the basic idea. Hee!

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