Merry ThanksChristmaween!

The stores have all dragged out their holiday offerings NOW.NOW as in every store I walked into last month including the gift shop at the zoo.
For most of us it brings forth feelings of rage and hate. Kelsea is in heaven- or would be if I allowed her obsession with allthingsRUDOLPH to blossom into the full sized freak show she wants it to be. She is happy because the stores have all of their Christmas offerings on display now. She asked me if I would please buy her "everything reindeer" that she sees. I had to explain that that is simply not possible.
She was Rudolph for Halloween. The only costume I could find was on the internet(thanks Al Gore) and it said it would fit sizes 2T to 4T. It was made for 2T. I had to cut the feet off. I also had to replace the brown nose with a red one as it was very upsetting for her to see Rudolph in the wrong colored nose.
So we went through the neighborhoods with her leading her sisters across the lawns . I called out "On Dasher on Dancer...you know the rest...
The next 2 months are going to be long. I am going to try to join her in her excitement.She will have to wait for me to catch up after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving- which is a holiday I enjoy but really seems to have gotten the shaft this year as far as excitement for it's arrival in the stores. I hope I can find a few autumn themed napkins and not be forced to feed my family on Santa plates.

I will say that the positive is that I have already used the Santa card a few times. As in"Oh no- I hope Santa understands when he sees you are not in your bed yet"
I love Christmas with the girls- I love it. I love that Devin still believes although I am really concerned that she might be really annoyed when she finds out the truth. Hopefully she will understand the magic that believing creates and even be in on it with us for Kelsea til she is older. For now I am simply hoping they'll hurry up and finish off the remainder of their candy corn before the candy canes start coming home.