ON TREE!

I know I've mentioned this before but it is so cute that it deserves a repeat. Katherine loves our Christmas tree. We've developed a little routine for when we get home. Katherine runs right into the living room and situates herself in front of the tree while I head over to the plug. I then say: "Say the magic words!" and Katherine literally yells out "On Tree!!". Magically, the tree lights up! How cute is that? We haven't been very good with the video camera in oh, the past year or so but this might worth digging it out.

A Rudolph update. I took a look and found out that the original Rudolph was on CBS on December 4th. No sign of a repeat. That explains why ABC Family is showing that awful animated version, they don't own the rights to the real thing.

Ted and I have been exhausted the last two nights. The CR-V needed a repair which was thankfully under warranty, nothing serious, but it required us to bring the car up to the dealership which of course is NOT on the way home. So Tuesday I left work and drove straight up to the dealership (up my favorite road in Raleigh...Capital Blvd, 8 lanes of pure mayhem) to drop off the car. Ted picked up Katherine and then came to pick me up and we headed home. Last night, we picked up Katherine first then headed up to the dealership so I could pick up the car. All in all this did not take much time but I think it was the extra little bit added to our nightly routine that took the wind out of us. K. went to bed at her normal time and we weren't far behind. We tried flipping through the channels a bit but then realized all we wanted to do was go to sleep. No swinging nightlife around our house these days.

Speaking of nightlife, we are the ONLY house this year on our street with Christmas lights outside. Ok, so I haven't taken a look down the WHOLE street but its not that long and from what I can see from our front porch, we are it. Bah-humbug indeed! I also have to admit the weather forecasts for Western Massachusetts for the next week have been making me a bit homesick. Snowstorms tomorrow, Sunday night and probably something the 24th and 25th as well. A guaranteed White Christmas! Ok Ok, I haven't been away that long, I know that with that snow comes alot of shoveling, scraping and de-icing. This area would be in absolute panic right now (we'll save that story for the annual ice storm around here). But wow! We're supposed to get rain which just isn't as nice.