Merry Christmas!

Audrey and Arthur stayed with us last night for Christmas Eve, so they were here when we woke up this morning. We had a lovely time opening gifts this morning before breakfast. Maya got a great variety of neat gifts from all kinds of fun people.









One of her presents from santa was a digital camera; as you can see, Maya's already been experimenting with nature photography.




Grandma got her pretend chef and vet costumes, which she also put to good use today.


The rest of the clan and Miryung came over in the afternoon for playtime and dinner. Maya and Miryung had a great time outside on their scooters and skateboards; my parents got Maya the radio flyer. Maya's friend Alex next door got the same scooter!


Aunt Becky brought the makings of a tea party, and she and Maya and Jocelyn had tea, cookies, and soup in the kitchen in Maya's room.

(Pretend like the family portrait I took isn't completely blurry. I think everyone's nicely arranged, don't you? What was that autofocus focusing on?)

Nuffin for Christmas

Maya and I were driving home through the neighborhood yesterday, and people had their Christmas decorations out. Maya said: "Mom, it's going to be Christmas time soon." I said, "Is that right Maya?" Maya said, "Yeah, I want to tell daddy it's going to be Christmas time soon." I said, "OK. What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?" Maya said, "Um... some drums. And a car." I said, "Oh, but you already have a drum and some cars. Is there anything else you want?" Maya said, "No, I don't want nuffin for Christmas." I said, "You don't want any presents from Santa?" Maya said, "No. I don't want any presents." I said, "OK, that's fine. I'll just get your presents instead." Maya said, "No, you don't want any presents EITHER."

PS. Why is it that a 2 year old can say "eiTHer" just fine, but "noTHing" comes out "nuffin"?