Anyway.
As I was saying:
The sun is up, kinda, I'm sitting on my butt, I'm not unloading the dishwasher or doing other stuff but I've made coffee and I'm drinking it, you know, blah blah blah, enjoying the quiet house, blee blee blee, there is a peace when little bodies are sleeping, yada yada.
And? Cue the pitter patter of little demanding feet in 5,
4,
3,
2,
1!
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(Looks over shoulder) Dude! I think they're still sleeping!
Ok, look, don't get me wrong here. I love my children. Heck, it's Thanksgiving tomorrow, obviously I'm even thankful for them too. They're fun, beautiful, hard working, imaginative, helpful, kind little girls. I mean, they're sooo way better than any other kid in our entire whole world wide universe and all the others including z8_GND_5296! You know, that universe way over there. (points really far away)
Dude! Seriously? Just step away from the very sharp ornamental pitchfork you propped artistically by the pumpkins and sheaves of wheat by the front door. Obviously I didn't mean your kids (places hand over mouth) I meant their kids (gestures with eyes, pretends to be a ventriloquist) over there. Plus? Impaled entrails don't usually go over as well with guests before they stuff themselves silly on sweet potatoes encrusted with a generous oozing of marshmallow...pustules.
(Insert awkward pause here while readers nod agreeably and reassemble their Thanksgiving Day displays. Or watch a video by The Original Schnickelfritz Band. Potato, Potata.)
Whew. Glad we cleared that up. Can we get back to talking about the awesomeness of my children now?
Because, dudes, Katie and Ellie are very excited for Thanksgiving and have written their own "List of Things She's Thankful For". They even made me do it. And. Yes. I'm going to share them with you. Because it's Thanksgiving and THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO!
Oh, and, yeah, it was totally Katie's idea. How could you tell?
Ellie's List Of Things She's Thankful For:
Family
Birds
Friends
Sweet food to eat
Books
A house to live in
Sisters
My List Of Things I'm Thankful For:
Family
Dry mornings for running
Hot coffee
Good books
Friends
Katie's List of Things She's Thankful For:
Family
Friends
Books
A cheetah jumps
A giraffe eats
A rhino sits in a tree
A lion roars
ROAR!
Wait! A! Minute! Katie didn't tell me I could write a humorous poem about a rhino climbing a tree and then accidentally falling on top of a lion! Dude. That kid is holding back on me.
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