Saturday, December 8, 2007

The Girls and Holiday Spirit

The girls were helping me decorate the Christmas Tree when oldest says "Let's all sing Christmas songs!" They immediately begin singing Jingle Bells and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. When they are done, the oldest asks "What should we sing next?"

Middle child shrieks, "Oh I know! My favorite song!" And proceeds to sing this:
O dreydl, dreydl, dreydl, I made it out of clay
And when it’s dry and ready, o dreydl I shall play, Hey!
I start cracking up and oldest says: "That is most definitely NOT a Christmas song! It is a Hannukah song and you can't sing it for Christmas!"

"Well I don't care cause I like it!" middle child responds.

"You're not being in the Christmas spirit!" oldest says.

"I'm being in the holiday spirit and since that includes Christmas and Hannukah I can sing what I want!" middle child replies very smartly.

Intervening in what looks like a Christmas/Hannukah fight between the girls, I interject and say, "That's right sweetie, it is very nice of you to sing all holiday songs!"

"See! I told you!" middle child replies and sticks out her tongue and blows a raspberry at her.

"Now that's not being in the holiday spirit. Remember, Santa's always watching," I chided her.

"Don't worry he didn't see me cause I was crossing my fingers!" she replied with a big smile.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 8, 2007 at 8:21 PM

    That's like Tweety Bird covering his eyes and declaring, "That bad ol' puddy tat will never find me in here!"

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  2. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 10:57 AM

    Smart girl.

    I think she has a future in politics.

    ;)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 11:39 AM

    Your kids are entirely too smart for 'your' own good, my friend.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 1:51 PM

    The crossing fingers is the MOST important part..everyone knows THAT mom!!! :)

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  5. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 2:25 PM

    Awww! You're keeping a nice record of their dialogue here. You should print it out at some point and scrapbook it!
    :-)

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  6. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 4:54 PM

    Funny stuff.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 9, 2007 at 8:51 PM

    Santa was not only watching, she was listening! :)

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  8. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 12:37 AM

    When are these girls going to get their own show? :)

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  9. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 5:16 AM

    A politician/lawyer in the making.
    A kid's that smart and that negotiative can be a real pain for his/her parents for sure.
    But it will serve her the better once she grows up!

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  10. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 5:31 AM

    I agree with Church Lady. Get this printed up, add some of their drawings and photographs, and you'll have a present they will never throw away!

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  11. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 7:27 AM

    Not a dull moment! :-) Very funny, indeed! Children say such smart and unexpected things. :-)

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  12. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 10:28 AM

    Haha - I love that they took the initiative to start singing. :-) We were listening to the Christmas songs on the radio the other day and I heard my daughter softly singing. So precious.

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  13. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 12:40 PM

    Wait 'til they are older and in a satiric mood.
    Christmas carols will never be the same.

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  14. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 1:38 PM

    Ah, very crafty.

    Respect.

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  15. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 2:50 PM

    We've been talking about you. HERE.

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  16. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 7:15 PM

    She *will* make a perfect politician someday. :) I love reading about your kids.

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  17. AnonymousDecember 10, 2007 at 10:16 PM

    I think you have a future lawyer there. Like mother like daughter

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