Must. Stop. Eating. Starting tomorrow! I've got Moon Sand all over the house, but it could really be the best toy ever invented. The three youngest have been pretty much playing it for 23 hours straight, aside from a little recharge nap in the night. Also? The Baby Born Look I Can Swim Doll may be the creepiest toy ever invented. This tiny baby doll swims the minute it's sensors get wet, but occasionally the head pops off while it's swimming. The children woke us up at 5:30am yesterday to see if Santa had come, but Jack later revealed he had been watching a couple (!) of runs of a "Christmas Story" in his bed while he waited for an appropriate time to wake us up. They tore into their gifts and were doing their best at keeping a brave face when all that was under the tree had been opened, but alas, no Wii.

"Henry, will you go fetch my slippers from the TV room?" said the meanest mom on the planet. Head hung low, he slowly marched to the TV room to do my bidding.


"WEGOTAWiiWEGOTAWii!!!!!SANTA BROUGHT A Wii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

And now I have tennis elbow from playing Wii tennis all afternoon. Or is it smoked turkey elbow?