Puppy surprise!

If you grew up around the same time as me and saw many commercials, the title above should cause a catchy little tune to immediately start playing in your mind with the words "puppy surprise, puppy surprise! how many puppies are there inside?". Strange and funny as it may sound, that was, and apparently is, a real toy! I was just reminded of this by a friend with whom I had lunch, as it was her niece's dream to have her very own puppy surprise and Santa came through for her. My friend was trying to describe just how ugly this puppy was to me (nevermind that her niece's came with three puppies, one of which was the "runt of the litter" and even uglier than the rest - it's all about realism, you know), but until I checked it out online, I hadn't fully understood. Sheesh. That's one ugly dog. I think they were cuter when I was a kid. Not that I had one - I mostly just remember the song. I use that tune to make up songs about anything and everything that comes to mind. That one and the "my little pony - pretty pony" tune are great for adding your own words.

We had a wonderful Christmas. I had intended to post at least a few times while on vacation, but underestimated just how busy a trip to visit family can be when you have two kids. That becomes especially true when one of the two decides that only mom and dad are allowed to hold her, and mostly mom. And sitting on the floor by mom isn't good enough - she must be HELD at all times in order not to cry. At home I'd just let the kid cry some, but when this is the only day that some grandmother or aunt or cousin gets to see the kid this year, I can hardly feel good about letting her scream through the whole visit. So there was a lot of holding the baby, and not a lot of surfing the web. I'm sure there will be lots of anecdotes about the girls and our other family members to come, though. I've been storing them up!