I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Santa Hole.
December 25, 2005
….and so it began….Mama got a brand new Sony Cybershot camera…….thanks to my sweet and dear hubby…..I love you Big D!!!!!
Mama starts blinding the family immediately! How fun!
“This is what I’ve always wanted for my whole entire life!!!!!”
(or at least since last month)
“Mom. Mom. You wanna play Yu-Gi-Oh cards with me? I have this Dark Eyes Magic Dragon that could take your card off the field and I would gain 2500 points, then I have this one called Red Piercing Stare down that would alienate all your monsters, and then I could use the Light Flame of Magic that would burn up all your magic cards….”
“So I have no chance against you.”
“Not really.”
“Lemme pour another coffee before the carnage begins.”
Christmas Breakfast at Great-Gramma’s. This lovely young lady can cook like you could never dream…..it was divine! One of the favoritist familiest traditions!
Dearest Aunt and Uncle of Troll: Thou shall not give any more presents that will make the Troll cry - without first divulging the secret of where you found such toys.
(Thomas the Tank Engine scared the shit out of Troll…..finally we have found his weakness! HA HA!!!! ~ later, Troll warms up to the Train of Tears and us parents are once again stumped! DOH!)
“Whaddya MEAN there’s no bacon left?”
Great Grandma, we love you dearly. Truly we do. But what the hell is this? I gotta wonder why Santa’s mouth looks as though something should be put in it. I watched 7 different family members stick their fingers in his mouth when they thought no one was looking. All said family members were over the age of 20. All 7 of them smiled when they pulled their fingers out. Is it filled with Turkish Delight? Does it emit a smile-inducing odour? Or is it just that our family is immature and finger-licking adventurous? I have to know where you bought this! Wal-mart? Narnia? The Stag-Shop?
Troll Baby’s favorite present was this three dollar shovel. I wonder if I kept the receipts for all this other shit we bought? I’m betting the rest of the family is thinking the same thing. Those of you who stuck your finger in Santa, I get 30% of your refund money for my silence.
On our way to Gramma and Papa’s for Christmas Dinner…….yum!!!
Post dinner…..during sips of Bailey’s Irish Creme….
Post turkey - Pre nap…..(secretly hoping family will leave so nap can commence.) Merry Christmas Dad/Papa! You’re wondering if he gave the finger to Santa aren’t you?
I’ll never tell….. 
“Aunt Brenda taught me this game Mommy! I know how to open the door to the family room! I know there are 45 stairs to launch myself down, but I KNOW HOW TO OPEN THE DOOR!! CAN YOU BELIEVE SHE TAUGHT ME THIS DEATH-DEFYING STUNT? I SO FREAKING LOVE HER!”
(Thanks Auntie Brenda….. MWAH!)
Merry Christmas! We get to do all of this again with my side of the family who are spread out all over the damn place….celebrations tomorrow, the 29th and 30th…..then NEW YEARS!!!!
Holy Jingle Bells!
December 26th, 2005 at 12:03 am
Merry Christmas Karen.
It sounds like it was wonderful for you and your kids are gorgeous!
December 26th, 2005 at 9:30 am
I love Santa’s hole. If you’re not using it, you can ship it to me. Thanks! Have fun with your camera!!!!
December 26th, 2005 at 10:48 am
Merry Christmas Karen! I too love the Santa Hole! And I would definitely call everyone on it!!
Try to find some time to RELAX!! (haha)
December 26th, 2005 at 10:53 am
I must say, I have a Cybershot camera…and it took my AT LEAST a couple of days to figure out how to make it work. Looks like you’re a better gal than I!
Beautiful pictures! I trust you had a beautiful Christmas!
I LOVE the Santa with the hole in the mouth caption: priceless!
Have a happy week!
bhakti
December 26th, 2005 at 11:08 am
p.s. Do you want to exchange links?
December 26th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
Awesome pics hon! Glad you all had a great day! The kids look so happy! WOO HOO on the new camera, we got a new 1 as too!
XOXOX
December 26th, 2005 at 5:44 pm
What IS that Santa thing?!
Funny about the train; our baby is scared of cows, which is weird cuz I bought him a Noah’s Ark months ago that has a cow, when you put in in the correct peg it goes, “Mooo.” Something happened in the last couple months though, you can’t even say “Moo” to him in a sweet calming way unless you change it to “Meeeee-oo.”
Do ya KNOW how many baby toys have cows in them? At least three that he got for Christmas. I tested him first and said, “Moo” to him, gently, and he screamed his little head off!
December 26th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
So many immature thoughts came up when I saw that “Santa Hole”, if only you knew haha.
Sounds like you had a good Christmas! See you in a few days!
xoxo
Jessica
December 27th, 2005 at 10:46 am
What a great Christmas! Beautiful pictures!
Your oldest son likes to play Monopoly? Wish he could come play with the neighbor’s boy. We’re about worn out.
And the Santa…what an oddity, umm, conversation piece.
December 27th, 2005 at 1:17 pm
Okay, Santa’s hole is an interesting conversation piece at it’s best!
Looks like Joel and Mel should be invited over to one of our “get togethers”…the collection of booze on your countertops is OH so familiar!! LOL
Love your pics. Looks like you guys had an awesome time! Merry Christmas to BigD, Little D, Ruffy,TrollBaby and to you my dear friend!
Keep up the writing babe, you rock!
Hugs to ya!
Nicole
December 27th, 2005 at 3:47 pm
Dear Karen,
The Queen of The World approves of your blog.
Actually, she loves it!
Great pictures, especially the Santa-thingie with the curiously round mouth. What the heck?!
Cute kids, too!
Keep up the great writing. Have a very Happy New Year!
Very truly yours,
EB