2008_12_06 Saturday

Oh boy were we good this year! St. Nickolas came and left a lot of loot! Jonathan got a big boy plate, sippy cup, table covers, and a security lock (for cabinets)! Dave got local honey, two types of tea, and some blueberry sticks to share. And, I got a 2009 day calendar! how did he know!?

We rushed over to our diner for a quick breakfast of blueberry pancakes, sausages, applesauce, french toast, and french fries between the three of us. Then, we picked up a trunk-load of flagstones through Freecycle. What a funny experience: the 80+yo wife peered out of her window and yelled at her 80+ yo husband for giving away stuff she wanted. So she came outside to supervise us lugging around these stones. Hubby said something like: "Gesh, you haven't cared about these stones for 15 years! what's the big deal!?" Dave and I could barely contain ourselves. But, we got a bunch of really big, heavy ones. I followed up with hubby to say that if wife changes her mind, we'd love to get the rest of them. We're planning on replacing the front steps (currently wooden) with these (more stable) flagstones.

Oh no! While Dave was putting the flagstones away, Jonathan and I were walking around the back yard. He took a tumble into an azalea bush and literally ate some dirt. Now, he's got a couple of scratches on his face, esp a noticable one down his little nose. Ugh! and we have an appt at Sears for Christmas photos on Monday afternoon!

Maplewood has a tree lighting ceremony at 1:30 today, and the fat man arrives at 4:30. I think we'll miss the tree lighting due to a nap, but we should make it to see Santa's arrival. Jonathan got up in time for us to have a quick slice of pizza (along with 1/2 of the town) and get to the town square. We saw him!! He came in by trolley limo. See pix: http://picasaweb.google.com/hardwicks03/2008_12_06Santa The rest are at home, goofing around. You should be able to see the nose scrape from this morning. :o( Oh, and you'll be able to see a little bit of the new paint job too!