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November November
Yes, I started Christmas shopping because it's apparently entirely unavoidable.
When we were at walmart maybe 3 weeks ago we saw these hamsters that all my kids wanted. They were so cheap. In my head I was all "yes! cheap easy gift that they will really play with for long periods of time".
You see, my kids are really into hamsters. They have webkinz hamsters and some off brand hamsters that they play with a lot. Max sleeps with a hamster. They all pretend to BE hamsters, complete with turning laundry baskets upside down so they can be in cages.
Fast forward to somehow someone in the media deciding these hamsters are the toy of the year. They are the new tickle me elmo. super. Now they don't have the darned things anywhere. We will see what happens.
I'm still thinking I want to get boats for the boys..well I guess Molly should have one too. We'll be able to get to the cool parks with water more once we are not doing co-op in the spring.

In other present inspiring news I'm already happily scheming with my mom about presents for the kids. In our family it's like Christmas is sort of a team sport. Parents get to do the work of figuring out what presents to get kids and then there's a trickle down so you assign some of these presents for grandparents. Everyone works together to get the list items. It's almost like a big scavenger hunt. If I see something someone is looking for for someone else I might get it and then they will just pay me back. It's a lot of fun and something I look forward to. So if you see hamsters and you want to play along give me a call and I'll tell you if I still need you to buy them!!
I'm really thankful for this organized aspect of Christmas shopping on my side of the family.

In editing news I am working on getting all of those galleries up this week. Then I have two new sessions that I'll edit hopefully this weekend or next week...and then I will be done!! No more sessions until March and I already have two people on the 'list' so I don't know when you will get pictures if you are reading this and want pictures. Maybe I can fit you in in July.