The World Would Be A Far Better Place if We All Spent More Time with Four Year Olds...

It's kind of a needed reality check...hanging out with a four year old puts everything into perspective...Not just the basics of the holidays...but the basics of what it means to be human.

What it means to dream...

What it means to share...

The joy of play. The pace of story time. The faith of make believe. The sparkle of wonder. That stuffed animals were also made for boys. That anything is possible.

Especially if you believe any thing is possible.

Sigh...

Oh yeah, I'm now back up to speed on all things Disney Playhouse, the Sprout Network, Piggly Town Hero's, the Doodle Bops and the Wiggles. Kelcy's favorite show is not Care Bears but Handy Manny. She knows all the names of the tools. Uncle Tim is way proud.

Uncle Tim would be also be way ok if he never had to watch Daniel Cook again.

On another more adult note...I have a bit of match making I've come up with...I think the dude from Johnny and the Sprites should definately be calling the dude from Blues Clues...I see endless chemistry there... Like if there ever were two men who were made for each other...

Another very important thing I've learned...

"Some Assembly Required" ("SARs" no less! ) is the blatent understatement of the modern age.

"SARs" is code for "You Will Be Up All Night", you will say words that will land you on Santa's Lifetime Acheivement Naughty List and after all of that, the sweat filled race against time struggle, you will still have extra pieces left over.

"Some Assembly Required" also means by the time Christmas dawns, you can interpret any cave drawing with the best of them.

We were not very good elves around here.

At Kelcy's House, Santa even had to come back the next night.

How's that for pathetic?

"Some Assembly Required" meant that some things just couldn't get put together by Christmas Morning.

So..."Twas the Night After Christmas and all through the house Mommy and the Uncles Struggled to Assemble a 1000 piece Little Miss Homemaker Kitchen Set without disturbing a mouse..."

I have a whole new appreciation for Elves. Especially when there are stickers involved.