Her appetite for gifts is insatiable

Posted by admin in The Love Fairy, what kids think on 12 29th, 2008 | no comments

On Friday night, December 26th, as I was tucking The Love Fairy into bed, I leaned in close, rubbed her nose with mine and gently kissed her gorgeous face. As I said good night and was about to get up to leave, she said,

“Mama?”

“Yes, honey.”

“I know we just had this Christmas but how many days are left before the next Christmas?”

With wrapping paper and Santa gifts scattered all over the house, lightning-fast thoughts of “holy shit – she has got to be kidding me” ran through my thoroughly exhausted brain. Despite my utter disbelief that this question was being asked, I was able to muster the calm response of,

“About 364 days are left before the NEXT Christmas.“

“Is that a long time?” she asked.

“Yep, it’s a pretty long time.”

But I have a feeling it’ll be here before I know it.

I better start cleaning up before the next onslaught.

It may very well take me 364 days to do it.

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Moms without Blogs is basically me, Lee, who wonders every single day how in the hell am I going to find the time to write a blog post? I\'m a mom to three kids (ages 9, 7, and 4) who are insanely gorgeous, insanely active, insanely demanding, insanely life-affirming and who have almost driven me insane. In good and bad ways. I work as a producer in reality television, I fold all kinds of laundry, I am picky about how my dishwasher is loaded, I yell entirely too much at my kids, I like desert skies and how my skin feels after a dip in the ocean, I married my soul mate even though I don\'t believe in soul mates really, I believe that laughing \'til it hurts is where it\'s at, I\'m a sucker for putting little treats into the bowls of our three dogs each night, I love driving my 1974 orange convertible Karmann Ghia, I write when inspiration strikes, and summer is my season. And if you\'re a mom without a blog, literally or figuratively, then I\'d probably like to hang out with you. Thanks for reading.

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