You've missed a fun evening, Jesse. My mother produced a cassette tape dated December 1985: the Christmas gift Kara and I made for them that year. Kara was 5 and a half, I had just turned 8, and the tape (both sides, mind you) is a treat. We recited Christmas poems, read the Christmas story, told jokes, and sang countless Christmas songs and carols. It's actually all quite sweet (well, apart from when we devolved to knock knock jokes to fill time), but the real highlight is the first item on Side 2:
The Twelve Days of Christmas. Kara's job was to start off each stanza before I launched into the complicated numerical bits. "On the first day of Christmas, my
tulip gave to me..." she sang each time. So cute!
And here's the day in photographic review:
Nannan and Josiah spying Papa felling trees out back.
Mom and Dad both independently ended up wearing their fisherman knit sweaters on this icy morning, so I put Josiah into his too for the photo op. Grandma White, we love you...and your sweaters!
"Mamma, do sweeping with Josiah?" is a new, daily request. We've learned to put his hat on to protect his head. Crazy boy (and probably crazy mommy who complies).
3 comments:
You mean it's not tulip?? Huh. Well, at least it was somewhat tuneful! I HAVE to somehow get a copy of that tape. :)
I have a stockpile of out-grown Grandma sweaters. I refuse to pass them on to anyone but family...but she keeps making more! The baby one for Megan even has a row of little roses down the front to indicate she's a girl! I love that my kids aren't even just being polite when they open a Grandma sweater...they are honestly extatic! Into the hopechest they go, because I will not give them away.
Thanks for your news and pictures, Kris. Grammy read down through your whole blog this afternoon (Sunday 7th) We had to keep explaining "Yes, as you go down the page you go backwards in time" She loved the pictures (specially, I think) the ones that included her "little girl" (with the greying hair!!)
Colin
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