ROOTIN' TOOTIN' REINDEER

I used to envy American's their holiday season - kicked off at Thanksgiving, it runs non-stop through 'til New Year's. With all that positive self-talk I keep mentioning, I decided to turn it around...a great thing about being Canadian is we can start the Christmas frenzy earlier! Looney Toon that I am, I've jumped aboard. Okay, before you ask, there I am in all my glory, second from the left...NO, NO, I said LEFT!! ; )

The girls and I went to Walmart tonight - Sugah Pie was certain there was a sale on shoes...every pair only $5.00!! Negative on the sale, but we had lots of fun anyway. I cracked up at a t-shirt that said, "Santa...let me explain." Wish I could have bought a couple for my princesses, lol. Here's a cute site to check if you're on Santa's good or bad list. According to the site, I'm "Almost there..." Hah, no kidding old man - like I don't know what game you're playing!

http://www.santas.net/goodandbadlist.htm

I have a confession. Every now and then, when I'm in a particularly goofy mood, I go into the toy section. Just to see how people will re-act, I get all the singing toys going at the same time, and just stand their grinning. My poor children are quite used to this mini-adventure...don't worry about them...they just pretend they don't know me. Tonight, however, the girls were all for it. I guess they've decided to go with the "if you can't beat 'em"philosophy.

We headed to the Christmas section and not wanting to be too obvious ;o) we meandered along, looking at lights and ornaments. Finally, we got to the singing toys!

Wow, there are a lot of these things. Santas & Snowmen I understand. Singing Christmas Frogs? It's a stretch, but I can work with it. One of the cutest was a smiling dashund who sang, "Low Rider." I LOVE IT! Of course, there were plenty of singing reindeer. We set about our work. Sugah Pie was hitting all those paws to start the ones on the top shelves, while Sweet Pea and I crouched down to get those on the bottom.

Our first clue should have been the name: "Rootin' Tootin' Reindeer." I blame myself for not having situational awareness. Halfway through that Rudolf classic, it happened. Music and gyrations stopped so this damn reindeer could let out a loud fart.

Sweet Pea & I totally cracked up. Before I knew it, we'd grabbed on to each other and lost our balance, which got us laughing even harder. I'll never forget the disgusted look on Sugah Pie's face - she glanced down at us, sitting on our butts and gasping, and inquired, "What are you two doing?"

Poor kid...twelve years old and she's the most mature one in the whole family! : )