No Weapons on the Table

Madison knows this line from the movie "Brave:"  "No weapons on the table."  She said that to us today as she went to put her bow and arrows on the table.  She looked up at us, expecting us to reprimand her for having weapons on the table.  But how can you reprimand a face like that?  Besides, the arrows look harmless enough.  Yes, I know:  keep telling yourself that.

This morning, we had a big breakfast.  I mean, a really, really big breakfast.  Mommy has taken to cooking us these elaborate meals of late.  Last night's dinner was chicken marsala, and this morning, we had all the fixings you could want for breakfast.  Including tater tots!  Next to the bacon, ham, sausage, eggs, rolls, grits and English muffins were real authentic tater tots.  Yes, the food item deemed more of an afternoon food has once more snuck into the breakfast arena.  The last time we had tater tots for breakfast was in 2008 - we were in China.  Yes, that story again.  Daddy is still scratching his head over having tater tots for breakfast in China.  It's one of those things you don't anticipate!  Not that any of us were complaining.  We love tater tots, especially Madison.  She was eating extra tater tots, and yes, now we don't have any left.

Today was another "don't do much" sort of day.  Although Daddy did do a lot of work towards our new series in January at KidPak.  But I did it from home, so that makes everything a little better.  Also, we did go out for a bit - the plan was to go see a movie, but we decided to wait until tomorrow for that. Mainly because we forgot our popcorn bucket!  So instead, we went to Goodwill and Kohl's in Cumming.  The traffic is still terrible.  You know that line from "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays," where Perry Como sings, "Gee, the traffic is terrific!"

It's a good thing he isn't around to see this, because he'd say something entirely different!

While at Goodwill, we found a gem of a board game:  for only $2.52, we got a DVD board game about "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."  It's all based on the Rank & Bass animation, and we decided to test it out when we got home.  It was actually kind of fun!  Madison won the first time, but Mommy came back and swept us the second time.  The game features scenes and pictures - and even sounds - from the Christmas special, and players try to pick up misfit toys along the way, earning them from mini-challenges.  The big challenge is getting them before Bumbles does!

While at Kohl's, we actually found a few ornaments for the ornament exchange next year, and we got Madison a new Barbie ballerina one, which was nice.  We were going to Kohl's to get photo albums for the grandparents - but we didn't find any we could use.  Can you believe we found exactly what we needed at Goodwill?  That was some serious favor.  The last few days, Daddy has been making photos for the grandparents - about two hundred each.  That's two hundred photos of Madison throughout the year 2012, pictures of her going to Disney, going on a cruise, looking for pumpkins, looking for eggs, holding chopsticks, graduating from pre-school, and so on.  Lots of pictures, most of which you can find here on this blog, actually.  We make two albums, one for each set of grandparents - and this is the third year we've done it.  Tonight, while watching "Jingle all the Way," we put the pictures in the new albums to get them ready.  Another thing we did was this:  make-up cards.  Yes, we didn't get the Christmas cards done or out this year.  But at least we sent cards out today - better late than never.  We put Madison's picture in each card, the one of her with Santa.  So, in a sense, we did get some things done today, which was good.  We spent time looking back on 2012 too - so many pictures and so many memories.  Can you believe the year has gone by so quickly?

I know:  that's what I always say!