We had a nice, laid-back Christmas. But perhaps a little nutty. Kenzie didn't get up until after 9 (a record). The grandparents came up and we had Eggs Benedict, followed by hours of present-opening. It wasn't that there were that many presents, just that Kenzie and Mason both open rather slowly.

Given that Kenzie was in a frenzy last night because she thought we were up too late and were going to run into Santa, she was surprisingly unimpressed with the concept this morning. Her stuffed stocking hung in place for an hour or so after she got up. Did she believe the stories of the man in the red suit?? She told us that Santa prefers chocolate milk to white, leading me to believe that she was just playing along with us the whole time. But, then again, I asked her if he came and she said, "yes, and he put stuff in my stocking." Who knows!

This is the kid who, without notice, proclaims "I'm Deedee" and role-plays the charismatic actress (from the Doodlebops) with such complete sincerity that I'm not quite sure what she believes there either!

"Deedee" (played by Kenzie) joined us for much of the day today, breaking into frequent song and dance. Her favorite song is "You Can Do Anything." She is both songwriter and performer. Typically the song goes on and on with different verb/noun combinations. "You can do anything, you can clap your hands. You can dance like this, See. You can do anything." When Kenzie becomes Deedee, she then refers to me as Leaf, Cindy as Gertrude, and Mason as Hammer. I don't know why. But she is very consistent and she insists that we refer to each others' stage names too.

Mason pulled the espresso machine over on himself. It wasn't hot, but left a series of bruises going down his face, starting on the forehead, then just below the eye, finishing up on his lip. That kid is so fast and strong. We had to team up to keep Grampy's cane away from him. Once he gets a grip on it--and he will given the chance--he wields it, chins beware, and it takes pliers to pry it away from him.

To top off the day, we spent the evening playing Whac-A-Mole and Hungry Hippo.