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December 30, 2007
a very toby kissmas
by gl. at 10:04 pm
toby was VERY excited about his first christmas, or as he calls it, "kissmas." he was especially excited about the package sven's brother sent. then we showed him the stocking sven's mom knit for toby, and sven told him if he left cookies for santa, santa would leave him even more presents in the stocking!
[leaving cookies & milk for santa]
unfortunately, sven & i had not talked beforehand about whether we would tell toby about "santa." i would have voted against it, but it was too late to take it back: toby's eye was shining with anticipation. i was also worried that a "stocking" would prove to be problematic for someone who is made out of one, but sven explained the difference between sentient socks and non-sentient socks, and toby hardly batted an eye.
so when toby woke up the next morning, he was eager to open his present:
[toby wakes up: "IS IT TIME NOW?"]
and he was especially excited when he saw the cookies & milk were gone... did santa leave something for him?
[toby's stocking]
but before we could find out, we were interrupted by... a white christmas!
["IS THAT... SNOW?!"]
[toby catches snowflakes on his tongue]
back in from this delightfully unexpected snow, we settled in and got ourselves set up with snack plates:
[a little bit of everything]
gregory joined us, too, though he says christmas isn't really a big deal for him.
["don't mind me. halloween's more my sort of holiday."]
when toby was finally able to open his stocking, he was delighted to find a chocolate, a tiny rubber ducky, and finger puppets for him!
["LOOK AT ALL MY NEW FRIENDS!"]
but of course, that was just the prelude. he really wanted to know what was inside the present he had been carrying around for days.
[antici...]
[...pation!]
sven and i were completely surprised, but toby wasn't: he was predicting an elephant all week! we told him an elephant was probably too big to fit in a package that small, but it turns out toby was right all along. he could hardly wait to show gregory:
["AREN'T I CUTE?"]
it took a while for him to settle down, which gave us plenty of time to open our own presents. finally, we toasted the conclusion of our abundant and joyful "kissmas":
["GOD BLESS US, EVERY ONE!"]
posted by gl. | December 30, 2007 10:04 PM | comments (7) | categories: toby
Comments
Happy New Year, Toby and Gregory!
(I have this feeling that Gregory may tire of the elephant costume long before Toby does.) :-)
Happy New Year, Gretchin, and Sven, too!
Posted by: Sister Diane at December 31, 2007 9:59 AM
Happy New Year to all the sock, plastic, and human creatures in the household!
Posted by: shuju at December 31, 2007 11:10 AM
I am so charmed by the Toby tales! Jane and Clawdaddy say "Hullo!" (I especially liked the part about sentient and non-sentient socks).
Posted by: bansheegrrll at January 1, 2008 11:21 PM
thanks, guys! it was a bit of a trip to find that sven's family wanted to contribute to our consensual hallucination. :)
toby: "HAPPY NEW YEAR, JANE AND CLAWDADDY! AND TO EVERYONE!"
Posted by: gl. at January 2, 2008 12:46 AM
Dylan Thomas be damned, I'd rather read about "Toby's Kissmas in Scarlet Star Studio."
And this... "toby's eye was shining with anticipation" almost made the New Year's Eve leftover taquito I was eating come out my nose.
Happy New Year to Scarlet Star Studio and all who dwell within!
Posted by: Alesia at January 2, 2008 12:13 PM
Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes!
Sister Diane -- someday I hope I get to meet you in person! Gretchin says lovely things. :-)
Posted by: sven at January 2, 2008 7:42 PM
Far out.
Posted by: michael5000 at January 4, 2008 8:02 PM