All I Want For Christmas

Caleb is really excited about Santa coming. He reminds me every night about what he wants for Christmas from Santa. " Mommy, when Santa comes, he's going to bring me a blue guitar, a microphone, and drums." He has become a big fan of music over the last year; he loves to watch American Idol and listen to Cross Canadian Ragweed, Texas Country, with Daddy. Though not a big fan of the idea of having drums, the other 2 are ok. So I informed him he may not get everything he asks for since there are lots of children who need presents, but he could give Santa ideas. His response was " but it's only 3 things Mom." My other fear was that we couldn't find a blue guitar, and Caleb is so concerned about detail, so I asked if there were any other colors that we could tell Santa. "No, I like blue." Two nights ago he informed me again that he was getting a blue guitar from Santa, then he added "and if it's not the right one I will be mad." I have created a monster. It's our fault of course, as my mother puts it, since we encourage him to make a list of what he wants for Christmas to give to Santa. We'll continue to work on the real meaning of Christmas I think.

Yesterday we received a note from Caleb's teacher letting us know Caleb told another kid to "shut up". When she asked where he learned that word, he replied "jail". I think kids just try to find ways to embarrass their parents. Though apparently she found out from him that some of the kids play pretend jail at recess. And she actually apologized for not keeping better control of their conversations. I have to admit when I started reading the note I thought it was informing us that Caleb learned a bad word from Mommy or Daddy. Of course you never know what Caleb will say to keep himself out of trouble these days. He has actually been lying to us more often recently. Unfortunately for him, he's not very good at it. He often tells Greg that I said its ok to eat this or that, when I just told him no, while Greg and I are standing right in front of him. Let's hope he never learns the true art of lying.

Here are some pics of Greg and Caleb building Caleb's book shelf. They did a wonderful job.