December 21 – “Female DNA”

Chris drew the Cailyn duty card yesterday.  I hung out with Mom while she went up to the school for Cailyn’s Christmas party to end the school year.  We were very curious what they would actually do for a Christmas party.  At Halloween the party consisted of the Big Three: candy, cupcakes, and more candy, and they were allowed to dress up in appropriate costumes.  We knew they had discussed Hannukah already, but you never know when it comes to Christmas.  It’s always the “in thing” to be offended by all things Christmas.  To their credit going in, they had already shown the kids a special treat: The Charlie Brown Christmas video.  As far as I know they didn’t censor Linus’ incredible recitation of the Christmas story from Luke.  I was extremely happy about that.    Chris’ take on the party itself was that it was remarkably low-key.  No Christmas decorations other than snow.  The food was pizza, always a winter holiday favorite.  Hey, pizza is a favorite no matter what the season.  And of course they had the ever resourceful cupcakes.  And that was about it.  Keep it simple.  Less to clean up.  The kids had a great time, though.

After the party the two of them left for an excursion into Texas.  Chris has some things she needed to pick up at Hobby Lobby, and Cailyn was overjoyed at the prospect of going shopping with Nani.  A little too overjoyed.  And it wasn’t so much the quality time with Nani as it was the shopping.  That girl is only four years old.  It must come in the DNA make-up of a female to love shopping.  Good luck with that one, Nathan.  Upon their return I asked Cailyn how the shopping trip went, and she replied, “I was really good at Hobby Lobby.”  Well, OK.  And what exactly does “really good” mean?  Chris filled in the blanks for me.  She held onto the basket and used her manners.  Admirable job.  It resulted in Cailyn picking out some material for a skirt that the two of them then made.  The material was very sheer red stuff that looked like it was full of glitter.  Chris managed to create a kind of overskirt thing that looked like a dance of the seven veils kind of thing.  It was quite pretty, actually.  Cailyn came up with the idea of creating a bow for her hair that would match the dress.  Quite the fashionista.  Again I say, Good luck with that one, Nathan.

The other big news from yesterday?  I was eating some leftover pizza when I heard a snap or crack.  It was pizza, so I knew it wasn’t some cereal talking back to me.  A second bite confirmed my suspicions.  I chipped a tooth eating some leftover pizza. Not sure how.  It was just part of what was left of a tooth that had a filling.  The filling is still there and appears to be holding strong, as is the rest of the tooth.  It was a little sensitive when I brushed my teeth last night, but not overly so.  The dentist was all booked up yesterday, so I have an appointment Monday morning.  Great way to spend Christmas, right?  At the dentist.  Can’t wait.

Luke 1:30-33 says, “But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.  You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.’”

Father, thank you for special, “just the two of them” times for Chris and Cailyn.  Amen.