What have we been up to? Decorating for Christmas! Can't you tell? Maggie carried ornaments from the box to the tree for us to hang, she supervised placement of stockings, she's held strands of lights while we string them around, and most importantly she's taken good care of her pumpkin -- the newly-christened Christmas pumpkin. She's totally getting into the Christmas thing, despite the witch's hat. She points out lights on car trips, talks about our stockings on the chimney, likes to look and gently touch the ornaments on the tree. Now that there's snow on the ground, and in the air, it feels like the season has begun. We're excited over here!
Maggie has a few new trends which are driving me a little nuts. She's started waking up at 6, which may not sound like a big difference compared to 6:30 or 6:45, but it feels big. We're considering pushing bedtime back to 7:30 to compensate, but then dinner gets compressed and she's running around and what if she starts waking up then even earlier? Joe Bunny (on her alarm clock) doesn't wake up until 7, so he might have to change his whole routine too. The other thing which is starting to grate on my nerves is the way she answers almost any question now. "Hey Maggie, a question you absolutely know the answer to?" Maggie's response: "I don't know." Sometimes followed after a significant pause by the actual answer. I'm getting tired of saying, "You do too know. What color is this?" Maybe she's getting tired of being asked inane questions. I guess some kids incessantly ask "Why?" or something. It's just a phase. It's just a phase. It's just a phase. Breathe, mom, and chill out.
