The Big Surprise

As many of you know, Meg had a big surprise coming on Christmas Day....a new puppy! Mamaw and Papaw made this big purchase about a month before Christmas and he was kept a secret (and in hiding at their house) until the big day. He was wrapped up in a box, and when Meg took the lid off, he jumped out. She screamed and jumped back then immediately stood in shock. She was speechless....which RARELY happens. She is in absolute love and tends to his every need. Oh, I nearly forgot! Naming him was left all up to her and she decided that it is Pongo. This is the name of the father dog off of 101 Dalmations. It's a name that has been hard to remember for some. He's been called, Bongo, Pablo and Poncho more than once!

Conversation of the day...

Me: Meghan, it's just gonna be you, me and Greg for New Year's Eve. Do you want to do anything special?

Meg: **immediate response** Yeah! I wanna go camping!

Me: We can't because it's winter time and the camper is all closed up for the winter.

Meg: Can I camp in the back yard?

Me: Sure, but do you think you'll be warm enough?

Meg: Of course, I'll take my Snuggie and Pongo (her new dog) out with me. They'll keep me plenty warm.

Ahhh...the bliss of new Christmas gifts. Anything is possible these days! =)
Me: We'll help you get your tent set up! ;)

Bad Bad Blogger

OK....I've been a bad bad blogger the past couple of months. I think it is no coincidence that my last post was from Fall Break. Since then I took over a new classroom (mid-year) and am finishing up the last few weeks of my Master's program. Surely I can be forgiven for that????

Meg continues to be quite the observant little girl and ever so inquisitive! Lately her knew thing has been road lines. She asked one day why some were dotted and some were whole lines. We went over all the rules of that, so since then she has been telling me when I can pass and when I can't. Yesterday morning, so made a very interesting observation. She told me to look sideways at the road. Not sure what she meant, so I asked why. She then told me that if you look at the road that way when the lines are dotted in the middle, it looks like writing paper that they use in kindergarten. Hmmmmm...what an interesting thought! It really does look like that. =)

She very, very excited for Christmas and has two main wants, a Nintendo DS and an American Girl doll. We'll have to see if Santa can bring all of that or if he needs some help from Mommy and Greg. She's also getting one other surprise that will give her the surprise of her life. I can hardly wait!! I think this time of year is so much more exciting now that I've got her to surprise.

Merry Christmas everyone!!