Christmas quotes

Thought I'd better record these gems from Christmas Eve and our gift opening this Christmas morning.

Ella Grace, dressed for worship on Christmas Eve in her new dress and fancy fuzzy coat:
Me: "You look like a movie star!"
Ella: "I look like Ms. Vivian."

Kathleen: "Ooh! Santa did good on my clothes!"
Ella Grace: "I think it's mostly Mrs. Claus in charge of shopping."

Mason, opening new slippers: "It's...MAXIMUM COMFORT!!!"

Mason wished for a laser pointer from Santa and found it very last, after he'd opened all the other gifts. "I didn't even notice that I didn't have one...because I've been laser-pointerless for so long."

Mason gave Ella a gift: "Don't you just love it?!? AND you get a free massage with this on alternating Wednesdays. That means this Wednesday, yes; next Wednesday, no."

It was a good day at the Connery house, and it's not over yet. Santa sent SNOW

Observation of the wild Connerys

I observed the following phenomena today, as I observed two of the wild Connerys: The youngest Connery, upon starting her homework, stated, "Mom, I need your help." I replied, "Okay, I'll be finished with what I'm doing in just a minute." Imagine my surprise, when, returning to her, I found that she'd figured it out on her own! The second phenonemon occurs daily. Just as the children are beginning their homework, they suddenly need to poop and race off to their respective bathrooms, where they remain for at least one hour. To test a hypothesis, I emitted the most annoying, high-pitched sound I could muster. The children immediately returned the call, not unlike dogs howling at the noon tornado siren test. They continued their whooping and cawing for several minutes, apparently unaware that they were even making noise. Try it the next time you come over.