Christmas (parenting and sleep)

So last night was christmas eve!!! Had a good dinner psyched the kids up until they were frothing at the mouth and then it was bedtime.

OK Kids get your cookies on the plate Pour Santa some eggnog with rum (slow down not so much Nog more rum. Yeah thats it more RUM)

"But dad why put the eggnog in at all?" I was asked.
"For color...just creamy color."
"Oh looks like dirty Milk."
"Yep thats the way Santa likes it. DIRTY MILK."

so it was off to bed and ..... "Uh Dad your forgetting something? The stockings silly!!!"

So we hung the stockings and went to brush the teeth. Brushed Pajamed and ready we went to the front porch to look for Rudolph. We approached slowly when my 5 year old looked to the sky and turned and ran in storming the stairs and hitting the bed. When asked what he had seen he exclaimed he had seen Rudolph. HMMMMM, after the heads hit the pillow and they understood that Santa only comes after they are asleep they tried. They did try. My 5yr old covered himself up in the blanket and his smile could be seen for miles. He was done now the little one 3yrs old and a little perplexed at the whole idea of what was going on.

"Daddy I dont want Santa to come get me..."

Ok so now Santa has been compared to a gypsy but she went down. So Bells in hand I went to explore the rudolph Phenomenon Ha a radio tower on the Hill on the horizon blinks a slow red light (had a good laugh and up to wrap the rest of the presents) 1 hour two bathroom breaks for the kids and it was downstairs to put together the new DELUXE Wooden Kitchen for the 3 yr old she does love it and she had better we worked on it until 2am. So time to relax and have a drink lasted an hour and went to bed. SILENT NIGHT!!!

Xmas began at 8:30am thank you Santa was thinking we would be dealing with a 5 am wakeup call. Ahhh now the presents are opened the kitchen is being played with and the tools rolled in my favor...hmm no project list to go with it (Yay)....My turn to build the 12 year old lego set we got for a 5 year old (shaking my head) But it is INDIANA JONES!!!!

And for dinner the request is in for Shredded Beef Tacos (smiles) good food and fun times ahead...

PASS THE RUM AND MERRY CHRISTMAS

sometimes its pretty nice down in the zero....