The Christmas Bells are Ringing

Here we are, less than a week from Thanksgiving and:

1). Our tree is up. Having the fake version, after "The Great Tree Debacle of 2006," we put it up the day after Thanksgiving. No outside lights are up, since it has been windy, but the house is pretty close to as decorated as it gets.

2). We have watched Rudolph (Jamie multiple times), a Charlie Brown Christmas, and The Christmas Story (this will be the year where I learned that the t.v. has been editing it all these years. oops.).

3). We've read multiple versions of The Gingerbread man, gone to a museum exhibit on the Science of Gingerbread, made paper gingerbread ornaments, done gingerbread math games, Jamie is currently making a gingerbread house, and we have great plans of baking gingerbread men. Tomorrow.

4). We've listened to "A Christmas Carol" ("I absolutely loved it with all my heart") and "The Gift of the Magi" ("I loved it as much as my little finger."). We've read "Rudolph," "When will it snow," "Katy and the Big Snow," and "Rudolph" again.

5). We made dough ornaments at book club, waiting for me to get the energy to bake them.

6). We made a lego snowplow, which still needs to be tested with cotton balls.

7). We e-mailed Santa and checked the Good and Bad list. Everything seems to be going o.k.


And I just have one question: is it New Year's yet?