happy Christmas!

nephew Jake put together a band with his new toy instruments.

O Christmas tree...

we got a tree tonight in the pouring rain...an adventure to be sure. it took us quite some time to set it up, going through 2 tree stands...the first one on a crack in it and was leaking water. by the time we got the thing standing upright my hands were so sticky from the sap that i had webbed hands, and could pickup heavy objects by just touching them. thank God for the internet for remedying this superhero-like quality.
now, we are set for the tree trimming party this weekend!

apples and oranges...

my nephew, Jake, who is almost 3 has started to talk a lot. i remember when i had visited some months back, when he was not talking much, he ran into my room, saw that i was on my laptop, pointed to it (he liked to point to things a lot) and said, "apple." i was like, what did you say?! i thought the kid was a genius or something, i mean he could hardly say my name at the time. then i saw what he was pointing to...the glowing apple logo on my Mac. i think Steve Jobs should know his branding has worked so well, that even a 2 yo knows what it is....i doubt Jake could point to the other computer and say "PC."

so, last weekend i was home for Thanksgiving, Jake saw me on my laptop again, and apparently remembered it. when i asked him what it was, he touched the glowing apple logo and said, "apple computer," then, he looked at me and asked, "aunt Judy, do you have a pear computer?"
i just about died laughing.