So, we celebrated St. Nicholas Day again this year.
In case you are wondering, yes, the small people’s shoes are being placed in a more orderly fashion as the years go on. This is what happens when you’re up late grading and suddenly remember to make the necessary arrangements for St. Nick’s visit. St. Nick gets neater every year, it seems.
Hey, and none of the presents arrived broken this time, so we had that going for us.
Baby-girl made me cringe a little when she discovered the shoes sitting by the fireplace. Her face lit up for a second, and then she said, “Just don’t let my shoe get smooshed.â€
Come again? I must have given her a strange look, because she followed her imperative with a query, “Those are my best pair, right?â€
Indeed they are. Henceforth, in the land of Baby-girl, used shoes will take precedence over brand-new, unidentifiable presents.
And in other news,
Baby-girl, of her own volition, made her own ornaments out of shells she found. Using some extra supplies from some crafts she made earlier in the week, she sat down at the table unnoticed and quietly created these.
I don’t know where she got her craftiness from, because it’s certainly not from me. The only less-crafty person I know is LCB, so it’s certainly not a genetic thing.
Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll soon be adding my annual Coastal Christmas Ornaments post, my annual Children’s Christmas Books post, and hopefully a post or two about some of our coastal cities that are especially beautiful at this time of year.
Now, I’ll leave you with this final picture.
This is our version of preferred Black Friday pursuits.