Merry Christmas to everyone out there. Highlights from Christmas morning at the Masson household:
1. Cole coming downstairs to find a drum set waiting for him under the Christmas tree. He was unwavering when anyone would ask him what he wanted from Santa: dinosaurs and drums. Our ears will pay for that moment of extreme joy, but my goodness, there won’t be very many moments like that.
2. A corollary to #1, but Cole saying, “Santa must not know whether I’ve been bad or good.” Clearly Cole is a harsher judge of his conduct than Santa is.
3. Amy’s excitement. I think she was more excited about Christmas morning than the kids.
4. Harper deliberately opening her presents. She’s only two, so it takes a lot of concentration. But, she was up to the task.
5. My disappearing civil liberties coffee mug! (Brought to me by George W. Bush and the Patriot Act.) It’s a mug with the Bill of Rights printed on it, and when you fill it with hot coffee, the text fades. My family has me pegged.
Merry Christmas to everyone at Masson’s Blog. Doug, when do you want me to send you some ear plugs!
No worries. I’ll be deaf before too long. Thanks for the offer though.
Doug, just make sure he learns from the best:
Keith Moon Drum Solo
May want to skip the bit about driving the car into the swimming pool, that is. And the horse tranquilizers, for that matter…
I just downloaded and played “Moby Dick” for him. (Not that John Bonham is any better a role model.) He wanted something with singing, so maybe the Keith Moon bit would be more appealing. Tre Cool, maybe?
One of my college roommates played the drums. I remember when he would set them up, they’d take up the whole room. Then he’d blast some Rush and play along.
Merry Christmas to all! I received the greatest gift of all; watdching my four kids open their gifts. The twins are now three, so they were no longer “deliberate” about opening their gifts.
Moby Dick?? Wow, setting the bar pretty high!
That mug is outstanding! I’m a wee bit jealous…
Ya know, as much as he was panned, Ringo wouldn’t be a bad drum role model.
Ringo– a competent pilot of a kick-ass ship. Rarely was it said, “I really like this Beatles stuff–except for the drums.”
If a democrat gets elected next year, someone can get you a mug where your checkbook balance disappears.
BTW, I’m seeing:
“No Prescription Mevacor No RX Mevacor…” under the comment form. It looks like your site has been hacked.
Doug, the hacks are still on your site. They’re on every page near the footer.
I just noticed they disappear when scripts are enabled, which is probably how you view your site. Try disabling scripts and you should see them.
Thanks, I see them now. I couldn’t see them with scripts disabled. I’ll try to work on it this weekend.