We Are Groot

Madison woke up to see some new vegetation in the house this morning.  Of course, we're talking about Groot and company.  It appears as if Jingle and friend are planting themselves right next to baby Groot.  By the way, that Groot comes with some grass seeds and soil to plant, along with some vines that you can grow, wrapping upwards and around Groot's body and arms. We'll try that in a bit, perhaps when January starts out and things calm down here a bit.

Yes, right now, things are supremely busy.  We're getting behind on this blog easily, as there is so much writing that needs to be done for upcoming weeks at KidPak, and of course a big Christmas production upstairs.  And then there's the other things we need to do around the house each Christmas time.  This morning, Mommy and Daddy watched a movie while wrapping presents.  We decided that's the best - and only - time to really watch Christmas movies, is first thing in the morning.  We saw "Christmas in Connecticut," while doing a good deal of wrapping.  Doing the wrapping daily will help decrease the stress and amount of wrapping later.  We still have to deal with cards, of course.  We're getting a few in the mail, but now we're starting to make and send out our other cards.  Lots to do!

In the meantime, Madison had ballet tonight, although not as many showed up.  They had "The Nutcracker" this weekend, and a lot of dancers were taking the day off to rest.  Meanwhile, Madison and company were doing choreography, which is something Madison likes to do.  Afterwards, Mommy and Daddy took her to Chick-Fil-A, as they were making gingerbread cookies there tonight.  It's National Cookie Day, which is appropriate enough, given that it's December.

Tonight we read from a few books, including the classic "Shoey and Dot:  The Christmas Miracle."  Shoey, of course, is tied to Madison in many ways, starting with the most obvious:  they're both adopted from China.  It's a nice little story, but always has an extra punch to Mommy and Daddy when reading it.  The other book gets read next month, a sweet story about a little girl from China, much like ours.