The Rice Scoop: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!

Monday, December 15, 2008

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!

Last week was over the top-- really a marathon with the Choir Christmas

Concerts, especially, on top of normal family life. Michael was amazingly supportive and either came to the concerts or met me afterward every night! It was a lot of work, but I loved every minute of it! I am now officially in the Christmas mood-- this concert is going to make a great CD-- lots of variety. I especially enjoyed the up

beat jazzy stuff we did with Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Jackson has been my big helper wrapping

presents and has taken charge of doing all the writing on the presents. I'm not

aware of any child labor laws that prevent little elves like him from participating, so I let him just go for it! I was totally impressed and the presents look so darling.

OK, so I'm on the home "stretch" of this pregnancy... only 6/7 weeks left to go! I asked my doctor if all the braxton hicks contractions are also working my abs, because if so I will be SO TONED after this baby is born. To my surprise, whoever designed women's bodies did not think to hook them together, and my doctor had a good laugh at me! Not funny. The pregnancy is flying by with all the distractions of Christmas and I have a feeling we will be surprised in January that a baby is right around the corner... maybe we ought to start getting a few things?

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Rachel said...: I love the writing on the gifts! That is sO cute! (I really love the big O's...) Is Jackson really old enough to be writing!?!; Monday, December 15, 2008 10:54:00 PM

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Jacksonisms

(He's four/five! Whaddaya expect?)

"I'm saving the seeds from my bread (flax seeds) to grow a bread plant. Then we won't have to buy bread!"

"There's nothing better than 'rock-paper-scissors' when there's nothing else to do."

"It's like I have super powers or something because I keep making good choices all day today!!"

"I have to turn my fan off by my bed so I don't blow away the tooth fairy tonight."

"Ugh, I can't get this song out of my head! I need to put something else in there, like a really good secret."

"When I sit on the drain in the tub while it's going down it's like the tub is kissing me."

"Ew, Alex you are in your swimming suit! No wait, I mean your party suit!" Michael: "You mean his birthday suit?"

"Can I trade my "bed-time tuck in" for a "bed-time cupcake"?

"Mom, Alex ran out into the road (while I was singing in choir practice at church) but don't worry, I looked both ways for him."

"Alex pulled my nutcracker's nose off. He's absolutely strong!"

"I think there is someone living inside of me who eats all my food and then it makes me hungry."

"Did you know that the wind is really just Jesus blowing on us?"

"I'm wondering where bad guys come from. Like, does Jesus make them or do they just grow?"

"Burps mean no in Spanish." (After burping when I asked him a question.)

"My cracker looks like an R in lepercase."

Jackson: "I wish there were banana trees." Mom: "Where do you think bananas come from?" Jackson: "From cows, like milk!"

On the way to church, Michael: "Jackson, what's on your shirt?" Jackson: "I think I got some fog on it."

"Mom, please don't talk on the self phone when you drive because every time you do you DRIVE TOO SLOW."

"Mom I don't think I should sing in the Primary program. I sing really bad like this: (imitates self really badly moaning) when I don't remember the words."

After eating cinnamon popcorn: "Dad, you can lick my fingers if you want."

"You can't just destroy people. It's so rude."

"I put the 'bikini' on the counter." (zucchini) Michael then explained that a bikini was a girl's swimsuit. "EWWWW!"

"I LIKE my thinkin'!"

"When I grow up, I'm not giving my kids dinner. Just dessert."

"Can we go to the store today? I want to waste some of my money."

"Alex is a masterpiece!"