christmas came early for the big d!

christmas is a fun time. i got lots of presents so far and mommy and daddy said it isn't even christmas yet. i got a cool sleeping bag from unkiah and aunt sherri and thomas the train underpants from tiff and jason and a bunch of money, but i don't understand that. it just gets hung up on the fridge under a magnet. oh, and santa visited us early. you can't even believe what santa brought me! are you ready?! you are never going to believe this----yo i got a BIG BOY BED!!!!!!!!!! with a thomas blanket. there is a dresser and a night stand and a stool to get in and out. i don't know how santa got it in the house. i was so excited about it....i couldn't sleep. so, last night there were a lot of tears. mommy and dad left the crib in my room and kept saying "it's okay to sleep in your crib if you want---you get to sleep wherever you want" so i told them i wanted to sleep in the hall. i guess they meant ALMOST anywhere i wanted. oh, i couldn't sleep im mommydaddy's bed either. so the choice was the big boy bed or the crib. i wanted to sleep in that bed so bad. so, after a good healthy round of tears, i finally fell asleep in the big boy bed. and the coolest part was when i woke up this morning...i just got out and went to mommydaddy's room and got mommy up. ALL BY MYSELF. yessirybob. i was unable to sleep in my big boy bed for my nap today, but i am shooting for sleeping there tonight. i don't know why i have the crib and the bed in there. and i don't know why the big people tell me i an sleep in my crib if i want. they are weird. maybe santa didn't ask them before he brought it in and they really want to keep me in the crib. this is so pansy toddler bed, folks, this is an honest to god big boy bed. oh yeah. how can christmas get better?

we had a dress rehearsal for the christmas pageant today. i don't even want to talk about it.

mommy is a camel.

so. christmas is coming. this is a little exciting to me because, well, i don't exactly know what it is. i know i am going to get a very cool thing called "coal" because my parents have told me this several times. i don't know what coal is, but i am pretty psyched to find out. it's got to be a cool thing, right? my parents have put up a christmas tree. i thought it was cool when they first put it up because, well, there was a tree in the house. then one day, i woke up and ther were beautiful lights and ornaments on it. i asked if santa brought them and mommy said yes. me and my parents have a difference of opinion, however in how one treats a christmas tree. i think it is big fun to pull off ornaments and drag off garland while the parents feel pretty strongly that one should leave them alone. it's not that i want to be naughty (heh heh, no really, i DON'T) but come ON i'm 2! what do you expect. i notice after breaking several ornaments that each day, it seems less and less of the tree is decorated. in fact, it is almost only decorated on the top half. it's okay. i have a higher reach than mommy and daddy realize.

so, these days i am super duper into trains. i heard mommy saying it is going to be a "thomas christmas" and i don't quite know what that means either. but i am not stupid. i know thomas is a train. i also really like penguins and beautiful things. i think a lot of things are beautiful. the other day i took a beautiful nap. i have a beautiful cat, mommy is beautiful and the day is beautiful. i like to say "it's a beautiful day outside today" because when i do, mommy gets all weird and it cracks me up.

yesterday i went and saw santa. i mean, i really saw SANTA. the real deal, man, not a picture. the real guy. yup. at the mall. i have asked daddy to scan the picture so i can post it here to prove that i really saw him. a lot of the kids were in cute red sweaters and fancy hairdos, but i was in my yellow shirt and brown cords. i am not sure my shirt was clean. however, alot of those kids who's mommies dressed them up to see the big guy cried like wussies and never got the picture. me, i just ran up to santa, sat on his lap and told him i was behaving and that i wanted a blue train. i am so badass.

i am also very excited because my auntie karen is coming to visit soon. (my crazy best friend who wants to put me in dresses. yes. i said crazy. accept it auntie. embrace it) well, okay, truth be told....even tho i love her so much, i don't have real real real clear memories of her....but mommy is so excited, so it is making me excited. i know she is the coolest person ever. i can't wait to see her. it's going to be very cool. i am going to have her give me juice and cookies and wine.

also, i am going to be a king in a church xmas pageant. mommy is going to be a camel. god i hope someone takes pictures.

one more funny story before i go. the other day i was taking a bath and i wrapped myself up in the shower curtain and i said "i am in a elevator" and i went up and down and then i opened the doors and closed the doors. then i said, "i go peepee in the elevator" then i assumed the position and peed. it was so fun. what i loved most about it was that i said it and THEN i did it. i didn't do it and then say it. there is a profound difference. hopefully mommy hasn't caught on to that sublety yet because then it's going to be on the potty all the time. i would much rather pee in the tub. one of my favorite books, "green eggs and ham" has sam-i-am sitting in the potty, reading a newspaper. i told mommy, "sam-i-am is on the potty, trying to go peepee. or maybe poops" mommy thinksi am very smart.

well, okay then. bed time.

PS don't try to tell me the guys name isn't sam-i-am. they can both be sam-i-am.