7 Days to Behave
I'm not sure we're going to make it.
As per usual, bedtime was a struggle.
It was the usual - wanting a snack or a story or one more huggie or any other excuse to stay up or have dear old Dad tuck her in one more time.
But we’re excited here you guys - It’s a week to go and she still believes in Santa Claus for what could be the very last year because my bet is her BFF at the time will spill the beans next year so we’re enjoying all the Christmas we can this year, because this is probably it and before we know it she’ll be doing her own taxes.
Tonight after dinner she came bounding down the stairs with the Amazon Wish Book Holiday Kids Gift Book and both BW looked at each other and thought: OH GOD NO.
We have spent hours if you total the time spent flipping through this book with her and here’s the thing: for the most part she needs nothing, - or she’s already got it and doesn’t know it yet.
We do have a few things that will not ever get bought for various reasons:
1. A karaoke machine. Because why would anybody voluntarily want to amplify the child’s singing? NO sane adult that lives here, that’s who.
Barbie Anything. This is BW’s hill to die on mosty, but I agree - they don’t make girls like this in real life so why do we need to promote this as normal when it’s far from it? It’s only normal with for the Mar-a-Lago crowd and that’s not a look anybody wants to have on purpose.
American Girl Anything. This is mostly because Dad’s a cheapskate and these things are ridiculously overpriced for what they are. I would rather buy the child a Rolex then this1
With that stuff out of the way there’s not much left. The catalog is just a page each of brands anyway so if you filter out the action figures and Melissa and Doug stuff there’s not much left that’s not a piece e of junk - or a squishmallow which we have enough of.
She pointed out a 12 pack of mini squishmallows and I told the child no - the dog would eat all those toys in no time. It would be easier and cheaper to buy the dog a dozen donuts - so those are out.
We are all shopped out.
This leaves us with 7 more sleeps to behave for Dad. Tonight I told her she had to go to bed because this the start of the week of “Yes, Dad”, where children all over the world listen to their parents for the entire week straight before Christmas without any back talk, or “just five more minutes”, or whatever other excuse comes out of their tiny little mouths.
I’m not sure if she believed me, but that’s all I want for Christmas this year: A smooth bedtime routine for a week.
Talk about a Christmas Miracle.2
Counting the days,
TH and Co.
Another example of being ridiculously priced, unless of course you’re of the Mar-A-Lago crowd, again.
batteries not included.