Katie's Christmas Breaththrough

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. And while I do think that this picture qualifies, I still feel the need to clarify a few points.

Our house is sorta small, before the gigantic house addition we just put on it. Only three bedrooms, a hallway, a kitchen and a living room, really. So in order to maintain some Christmas morning magic mystery, Santa has been wrapping the open walkway between the hallway and the living room where the Christmas tree is sitting. That way, mothers with cameras have a chance to get into position before the kids get a chance to see what madness Santa has wrought.

Very early on, the Dill children took to running through this wrapping paper barrier once given the all-clear sign by Daddy.

Christmas, 2009 was when this particular picture was taken. You can see my knee there in the background. For whatever reason, I've been given the traditional Christmas task of kid-control first thing in the morning. And I've just told the kids that it's okay to go ahead in.

My words have not even registered on my sons. Ashton was ten at the time, Alex was three, and Katie... Katie was eight years old.

This picture summarizes Katie perfectly and in every way that matters.

Do NOT get in her way, lest she burn you with her laser beam eyes. And Heaven help you if you're one of her brothers.

Hope you had a Christmas this good:



Thanks,
DCD