R.C. and I are going to have to learn Pig Latin. That's the only way we are going to be able to keep secrets from the boys. Spelling doesn't work at all anymore! It's Christmas time and secrets are supposed to be kept. The boys are not supposed to know everything that R.C. and I are thinking/talking about. Today in the car as we were driving to finish our Christmas shopping R.C. told me he is going to start spelling words, but omit the vowels. Great idea! What little kid can hear a mix of consonants, figure out the vowels that are missing and say the word within a minute? Russell...that's who.

As we were driving, R.C. said to me, "lws for a tlkt"?
Immediately from the backseat Russell asks, "we're going to Lowe's for a tool kit? A tool kit? Hello...are are we getting a tool kit?"
Silence from the front seat. Followed by "what are you talking about Russell? Why would we go there? A tool kit? Where did you come up with that?"
We tried to cover ourselves. But, yes Russell, there is a kids toolkit at Lowe's we thought of getting you for Christmas.

Yesterday we decorated Christmas cookies! The boys helped me make the frosting, get the sprinkles out, and then spent a good 2+ hours decorating the cookies. I thought we might spend 20 minutes before they got bored with it and wanted to move on to something different. To my surprise they loved it and barely let me decorate any. Maxwell was very particular as to how the decorating should happen. He would get annoyed if Russell did not make a tree green, a star yellow, a snowflake white and a candy cane red. Russell enjoyed teasing him by making stars red and trees yellow. The big brother in him was really shining through. After all our (their) hard decorating it was time to fill our mouths with these overly frosted, overly sprinkled cookies. They were delicious!Although we had a great time decorating, I feel I saw this happening more than it should have...

I guess if you come and eat some of our Christmas cookies, you may want to steer clear of the green ones. Actually, this happened with all the colors so everything is a gamble. Kids...you have to love them...