Hanging with Reid

I kept Reid home from daycare yesterday. She has a cough that sounds like it is coming from her toes and she had a rough night’s sleep. Under the daycare rules, she could probably have attended although they do have something about “sever coughs” and “participating fully” in the manual. We took Ken to work, w7ent out for breakfast (of course, we did, you knew that was coming) and then went to the mall to pick up some stocking stuffers. Reid decided that she wanted to see Santa – to my surprise – and she went right up on the stage without coaxing. She gave Santa a high five and talked to him about the characters on the colouring book he gave to her, all without turning to face the camera. The nice lady who had taken my money gave it back with a smile and then we left. We had a web video conference with Uncle Roger, Danielle and Lee-Lee (Kailee) before lunch and Reid actually told them about seeing Santa. She isn’t always forthcoming when asked what she has been doing and as I’ve mentioned she isn’t always accurate but this time she was both. We ate lunch, or at least I did. Reid’s appetite has been affected by her cold.  We also assembled our gingerbread house – a task that went much more smoothly than I had expected. We each had a nice long nap (I was a bit worried after the weekend’s experiences) before looking at eight months of photos to get prepared for writing our Christmas letter.

Note to readers: If I have missed any visits that any of you made, I have to blame it on the fact that I must not have gotten a picture and my memory is so bad that I can’t remember without assistance.

We went in to see Ken’s new office, which is just down the hall from his old office, and say “hello” to the people he works with. Reid was most impressed with the water fountain in the hall but I thought the office was nice – he has walls that go to the ceiling and a door while I work in a cubicle. We went to the mall on the way home for Ken to get his hair cut, a process Reid found facinating. “Daddy hair floor!” she kept saying in a surprised and excited tone. In retrospect we probably should have talked about how only special people are allowed to but hair, given the interest she expressed. I finally talked Reid into leaving Daddy in peace while we chose candy for the gingerbread house. I bought a kit but most of the candies were choke-hazards for Reid (which I should have notice but didn’t ;+). Reid loved using the shovels in the bins at the bulk food store and we came home with enough that there might even be some left over for snacking.

Well, recounting our day makes it seem busier than it felt. I think Reid was recharged and so was I.

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