12-12-12

Yep, one of those years:  2012 is heading down the toilet!  Madison found the elf in the bathroom this morning, after a bit of extensive searching.  Oh my, to quote one of our friends:  "we hope it was catch-and-release."

More in a bit on a historic date.  Although 11-11-11 was cool.  And 10-10-10 was neat.  And 9-9-9 was pretty unique.

Sad news today about the goat though:

He didn't make it until Christmas this year.  Not sure their plans to resurrect him at this point, or not.  Last year when it burned down, that was it.  Anyway, the Swedes have entertained us for another few weeks at least - the daily checks at the office have been amusing.  Some awful person has to come in and burn it down.  Although the story was somewhat fascinating and peculiar to begin with, I've sort of gotten fond of the old goat of late.  Too bad people have to be some motivated by destruction.  I wonder what they have against a goat?

Madison had a good day after school today - and Daddy got to meet up with her before he had to go back to work for the night.  It was a nice treat to spend time together - I asked her what the date was, and she loudly shouted, "Twelve!  Twelve!  Twelve!"

Because it's the big twelve day, Daddy got a chance to share with everyone at church the Twelve Days of Christmas Price Index.  Each year, a website monitors how much each of the items cost on the list, and how much all the items in the song cost.  This year, if my truelove gave each of the items on the Twelve Days of Christmas, it would cost $25,431.18.  That's quite a lot!

It's a great site, and lots of fun to go through for younger ones as well.  This year, it's somewhat of a scavenger hunt for all of the items on the list.  It's a perfect way to celebrate the number twelve this late in the year.  In fact, I'm about to do that with Madison right now...!