What Child is This?

What do you get when you put the Daddy, a ukulele, and the Virg inside a house covered in snow with no sign of escape... Christmas carols! If you dig back into the history of any Christmas song I'm sure you will inevitably find the composer was snowed in, eating whatever canned goods hadn't expired yet, and banging on whatever musical instrument they had on hand. Or, maybe it was divine inspiration. There's a fine line between divine inspiration and thinking your dog told you it's a good idea to make oatmeal with beer (No! Bad Dog!). Virg decided he wanted to chip in and play a few Christmas songs. He likes to play 'What Child is This', but I like to play 'Greensleeves'. Amazing how well those two songs harmonize.

No No Daddy, play the minor 3rd up here.

Snow madness...

Yup - for his first Christmas, Virg is getting a White Christmas. Very very white. Lots of snow. Snow snow snow. Everywhere we look, snow. So much snow you feel like your trapped in your own house with no way to escape. Ha ha ha ha ha - soooo much fun! At least Virg seems to be taking everything is stride. He's started waring his bunny blanket toy as a hat, rocking back and forth saying "All work and no play makes Virg a dull boy." Yup - everything should be fine.

Heeere's Virgie!

Santa Virg

You better watch out, You better not cry, Better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Virg is coming to town. Actually just up and down our block to deliver good cheer, cookies and cocoa. Mommy (aka - the elf) made up a few plates of Christmas treats to give our neighbors. Daddy (aka- the Grinch) was against the idea from the start. I said it was too cold - we could freeze to death. The snow is too slippery - we could slip to death. It's too wet - we could be soggy to death. But Santa Virg was too cute for the Daddy to resist.

Virg's QT Christmas Cookie Delivery Service,

Christmas cookies delivered with a smile.

All I want for Christmas...

Apparently all Virg wants for Christmas is his two front teeth. More specifically, his two front bottom teeth. We can see them peeking through, and he really likes to chew on the Mommy's fingers. Since he now has his front teeth, he must take on more responsibilities in the household. He fits perfectly into his new commanders chair.

'Star date 12.19.2008. Virg's house... the first frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Virgil-prise. Its on going mission: to explore strange new floor areas, to seek out new objects to put into his mouth, to boldly go where no Virg has gone before.'

Beam down another 'Lt. Red-shirt' Scotty.

I have a little ... clean up work for him to do.

Sitting in a winter wonderland

The weather finally got around to putting some snow on the ground. If we lived in Minnesota, we would have bundled Virg up in his snowsuit and headed out to build a snowman. But Virg doesn't have a snowsuit, he has a monkey-suit... from his fairy Godmother. I'm not sure when it happened, but apparently there was a scientific study that showed dressing a baby in a cute and fuzzy animal suit was more effective at conserving body heat then a conventional snowsuit. Everywhere we look we can find a plethora of cute and fuzzy animal suits, but no snowsuits.

However, today the snow was too powdery to build a snow man, so Virg just sat on Daddy's lap and watched the dog eat snow as Daddy's bum slowly froze to the bench. Ahh... good times!

Hanging of the greens.

Christmas is almost here, and that means seasonal decorating. Daddy has never been a very big fan of decorations of any kind. You take the time to hang them up, they hang there, and then you take the time to tear them all down. Apparently this attitude towards Christmas decorating is genetic. As you can see - the utter lack of enthusiasm from Virg as he helps Mommy hang the festive holiday greens. The Grinch gene seems to be the dominant gene.

I've got some holiday greens for you...

in my pants!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

The weather man says it's going to snow tomorrow. For those of you who are unfamiliar with how weather is predicted in western Washington, everything is really just a "chance of something other then rain". But just in case we do get snow, we decided to get Virg all prepared for his first snow day. Using a snow-globe, we tried our best to describe what snow was and how much fun it would be. For the most part, Virg seems excited, but he is unsure as to how we're going to fit him into the little glass ball.