Christmas Gems

Nicholas' favorite song: LA LA LA LA (translation Fa-la-la-la-la -la or Deck the Halls)

Nathan's Favorite Song: Santa Claus is coming to Town... but not just any version, the Bruce Springstein version. His favorite line is when Bruce sings "You'd better be good for goodness sake", then when someone repeats in that low voice. He loves singing that part to me over and over again.

The two of them ask for these two songs over and over in the car. I've actually created a playlist in my car that only has those two songs in it so I don't have to search for them.

Nathan loves looking through the toy flyers when they come to the house. He asks if we can put EVERYTHING on his list. I'm taking that to mean he'll be happy with whatever he gets. With all the moving, Nathan was very concerned that Santa would know where to drop off the toys... we assured him that Santa will know exactly where to drop them.

Nathan's favorite Holiday DVD: The Garfield Holiday's. He now wants a cat exactly like Garfield. Did you know that Garfield is perhaps not the best role model for a 4 year old. Oh well... :)

At school, they had someone come in to sing Christmas carols. The lady sang I saw mommy kissing santa claus. Both Nathan and nicholas' teachers came up to me separately and told me that when they sang that song they both got this look on their face like "WHY would she do something like that." I asked Nathan if he had heard that song at school and he said "Yes, but it wasn't my mommy, it was someone else's mommy." I thought they might come home and tell daddy...did you know what mommy has been doing while you're away.

And my favorite: Nathan singing Jingle bells: Jingle Bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse broken sleigh.

Merry Christmas