Just got up out of bed to peek outside at the falling snow one last time. My occasional sleep-talking child suddenly hollered, "Come back to bed, coconut!" What?!

Bedtime Snuggles

"Momma, I don't ever want to be apart from you. You are all my love in my heart."

And people wonder why I'm perfectly content to stay home all the time?

"You'd better be sure and wipe that butt extremely well! Santa is watching you!"

As if the overall concept if Santa watching all the children and sneaking into homes in the middle of the night isn't borderline creepy enough... I believe I just singlehandedly took Santa to an entirely new low.

Parenting fail. *sigh*

Life Lesson: Don't blow into a bowl of dry ingredients when helping momma in the kitchen.

Fin's dad learned a valuable lesson while they were playing last night: She gets really ticked when he uses his Jimmy Stewart voice to make her dolls talk.

"Mom, I just love to hear you laugh. It makes me laugh, too."

And then my heart exploded.

My child's Ident-A-Kid picture looks like an Amy Winehouse mugshot.