29 December 2018
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R. Linda:
The Christmas season wrap-up wouldn't be complete without revealing O'Hare's annual onesie pajamas which we all get a kick out of and he pretends to be mortified by. Last year if you remember we got him a bright red onesie with a butt flap and feet which he was "not puttin' this on!" However, he did put it on and did a mean Mick Jagger impersonation.
This year, me Mam thought it would be fun to buy him the pink bunny pjs from the movie A Christmas Story. She found them online at the Christmas Story House Gift Shop and meticulously wrapped them in one-of-a-kind wrapping paper with a label, not like any of the others. She addressed the present to O'Hare from Aunt Clara.
On Christmas Eve night, it was the last present under the tree and he was sitting there kind of put out that everyone got Christmas Eve pjs but him. Mam said (much like the Dad in A Christmas Story), "Oh look, what's that? Over there under the tree in the back?" To which O'Hare perked up and on his belly crawled under the tree to retrieve it.
"It says it's to me from Aunt Clara." He looked at me Mam and said, "Is that your sister?"
"Oh heavens, it be!" She lied. Then turning to the rest of us she adds, "Dat Clara she always makes sumthin' special she does."
We all got it, but not the innocent and trusting O'Hare who ripped into that gift and oddly enough he recognised the bunny costume and was actually excited about putting it on! Who knew? We all thought we'd get the opposite reaction, but no, he was up and running about in it having a wonderful time! It was the highlight of his evening. So easily pleased, I tell ya.
There be nothing more off-putting than a redhead in a pink bunny costume except a phone call from New Jersey that I for one, could have done without. Seems the Dragon was having her family over for the evening celebration and she had decorated and had food out and was ready for her guests when Big Tony decided to clean the wood stove in the den an hour before everyone's arrival.
Dragon was horrified, she had a very clean house, food sitting on the table, and now soot was about to be everywhere because Big got it into his head the wood stove had to be cleaned right then and there. The argy-bargy must have been fierce but he got his way. He put (get this) clean white sheets over the bookcases, and did the unthinkable -- left a handprint on the white column full of black soot.
The stove got cleaned it did! And so did Big's clock I supposed. Dragon complained she couldn't get the soot off the column, and had to go in there and straighten up because he moved things. She said she was a frazzled mess by the time she got the room back together. She said her hair had grown into a massive Afro and her Christmas sweater had sweat stains under the arms! She ended up taking another shower and was just put back together when her first guests arrived! This also put her in another muck sweat because she was so flustered from the soot and the argy with Big. Oh, woe was the Dragon lady, haha. Big was in the dog house I be sure all night, but he had a clean stove.
"Ooh my, I be sure he be a paintin' dat pole next murrin'." Mam said after hearing about Big's Christmas Eve stove cleaning. I bet he was painting before presents were opened as well as doing the wash. Yeah, she was upset he took her clean guest room sheets and hung them up to catch the soot. I never did find out if soot had floated through the Dragon manse to the food. As Dragon said later, "Men! They just don't get it."
No, no we don't get IT we get a mouthful of recriminations though.
Happy holidays and may your and my New Year be better than 2018!
Gabe
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937
R. Linda:
The Christmas season wrap-up wouldn't be complete without revealing O'Hare's annual onesie pajamas which we all get a kick out of and he pretends to be mortified by. Last year if you remember we got him a bright red onesie with a butt flap and feet which he was "not puttin' this on!" However, he did put it on and did a mean Mick Jagger impersonation.
This year, me Mam thought it would be fun to buy him the pink bunny pjs from the movie A Christmas Story. She found them online at the Christmas Story House Gift Shop and meticulously wrapped them in one-of-a-kind wrapping paper with a label, not like any of the others. She addressed the present to O'Hare from Aunt Clara.
On Christmas Eve night, it was the last present under the tree and he was sitting there kind of put out that everyone got Christmas Eve pjs but him. Mam said (much like the Dad in A Christmas Story), "Oh look, what's that? Over there under the tree in the back?" To which O'Hare perked up and on his belly crawled under the tree to retrieve it.
"It says it's to me from Aunt Clara." He looked at me Mam and said, "Is that your sister?"
"Oh heavens, it be!" She lied. Then turning to the rest of us she adds, "Dat Clara she always makes sumthin' special she does."
We all got it, but not the innocent and trusting O'Hare who ripped into that gift and oddly enough he recognised the bunny costume and was actually excited about putting it on! Who knew? We all thought we'd get the opposite reaction, but no, he was up and running about in it having a wonderful time! It was the highlight of his evening. So easily pleased, I tell ya.
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| Silly Wabbit |
Dragon was horrified, she had a very clean house, food sitting on the table, and now soot was about to be everywhere because Big got it into his head the wood stove had to be cleaned right then and there. The argy-bargy must have been fierce but he got his way. He put (get this) clean white sheets over the bookcases, and did the unthinkable -- left a handprint on the white column full of black soot.
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| See the handprint? LMAO |
"Ooh my, I be sure he be a paintin' dat pole next murrin'." Mam said after hearing about Big's Christmas Eve stove cleaning. I bet he was painting before presents were opened as well as doing the wash. Yeah, she was upset he took her clean guest room sheets and hung them up to catch the soot. I never did find out if soot had floated through the Dragon manse to the food. As Dragon said later, "Men! They just don't get it."
No, no we don't get IT we get a mouthful of recriminations though.
Happy holidays and may your and my New Year be better than 2018!
Gabe
Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved
2 comments:
ROFLMAO the kid makes a great marching bunny! Dad's home and now we have ot and pt people coming to work with him. It HAS to be a better year.
One can hope.
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