Santa Shock and Other Funnies

• I had fussed at the dog several times tonight for being too wild and jumping on the couch. He puts his huge paw up on Will's leg and Will looks at him and as calm as ever says: "Abe, do you want to lose a paw?" Where on Earth did he hear that one?

• We went to lunch with my dad and my grandfather last week. Paw Paw (the kids Great-Grandfather) has been in declining health, but you haven't been able to trust his mouth in public in quite some time. As we are sitting around the table he looks over at Will and says : "Santa got killed." Dad and I look at each other in shock, Will is unfazed, Paw Paw repeats the slogan "Santa got killed", evidently trying to get some kind of response. I'm still not sure where he pulled that one from, or why you would feel the need to traumatize a three year old. Maybe he just needed some excitement. At any rate Will didn't mention it again, and Dad and I have gotten a good laugh out of it. As far as I know Santa is in excellent health and plans on making the annual run in 10 days or so.

• Hannah is doing an excellent job learning to read. We are on our last stack of "Popcorn" words, and she will soon move onto real books. She is super excited, and I am super happy for her. I can't believe that tiny baby from 5 years ago has become a big (I use that term loosely) school girl.

• I had a great visit at the dentist today. It was so great in fact that they want to see me back twice in January. Two rounds of fillings! At least I get the nitrous, right? Yeah still not worth it. Apparently I'm flossing "wrong". Hey I expected a pat on the back for flossing period, not a tutorial on how to floss. Any idiot can thread a string through their teeth right? Yeah not so much.

• Hannah made a Santa list about a month ago (she made one for Will too) and we mailed them off. I purchased most of the items from the list, after consulting with her on what she would like the most. I thought I was finished until I dropped her off at school last Friday. The kids had written notes to Santa. Guess who's list doesn't even resemble the list from home? Yep, Hannah's.