The Doctor and Donna....Or Something...

A Short Photo Series by Dan-El

Oh, you want to take a picture of us? That's nice.


Jak-El too? How sweet. And the shadow over part of the image--how artsy!


Okay, that's enough. Give me the camera. We don't need photos of the TV, no matter how cool Jak-El is telling you it is...


No, we're done. Give me the camera....


...'cause I'm gonna take some pictures now!


Hey! What do you mean I'm done too?


No, stop! Gimme that! I....hey! What...


Okay. Now I'm done.

Merry December 17!

Ho Ho Ho

This weekend, we made our annual trip to the mall to see Santa. And as with tradition, Dan-El sat on Santa's lap, while Jak-El wanted absolutely no part of it.

He was however, happy to pose near Santa's village.



He also insisted on having his photo taken with the Ronald McDonald statue.



(the next morning, as we walked to school)

Lois: So what was your favorite part of the weekend?

Dan-El: Going to see Santa and getting a milk shake.

Lois: That's nice.

Dan-El: Someday, I want to go see Barack Obama.

Lois: Um, you know that he doesn't go to the mall and pose for photos like Santa, right?

Dan-El: Oh.....I want to go see an anteater.

Why It's Realllly Good That I've Started Taking the Boy to Church and Sunday School, Before I Cause Any Serious Theological Damage

Jak-El: Mom, now that I know what Christmas is about, what is Easter all about?

(what goes through my head:)
Well, Jesus dies. But it's okay. It's kind of like when Doctor Who regenerates into...

(what comes out of my mouth:)
Um....let's wait until after Christmas to talk about that, okay?

On the Way to Buy the Christmas Tree...

Dan-El: Why did the cat cross the road?

Lois: I don't know. Why did the cat cross the road?

Dan-El: To decorate the Christmas tree!

(Everyone laughs)

Jak-El: I don't get it.

Lois: It's funny, because cats are Jewish.

Jak-El: Oh. Yeah.....I don't get it.

Thank you, thank you. We'll be here until New Year's. Try the veal. Don't lick the tree. Tip your waiters. Watch out for the creepy Santa.

Fa La La La La Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Di La

In honor of Cake's upcoming birthday, I'm going to try and start updating this blog regularly again. Sort maybe. Or something.

First off, some photos of our gingerbread house, which is a lovely way to use up all the Halloween candy we still have lying around the house.


And next, the thought provoking conversation the boy and I had this morning.

Lois: We'll have to put up the tree this weekend.

Jak-El: Yeah!

Lois: First we'll frost it...

Jak-El: No!

Lois: But we have to frost it. How else will be get the sprinkles to stay on?

Jak-El: Mom! No! We don't frost the tree.

Lois: Oh, right. We put gravy on the tree.

Jak-El: No!

Lois: Catsup?

Jak-El: No!

Lois: But I don't want to eat it plain!

Jak-El: We don't eat it!

Lois: What do we do with it then?

Jak-El: We decorate it!

Lois: And why do we do that?

Jak-El: Um....so we can stand around and look at it.

Lois: You sure?

Jak-El: Yes!

Lois: Okay, if you say so. So anyway, tomorrow we're going to put the tree in a big box, wrap it up and...

Jak-El: Mom!

Lois: We cut it up and put it into little boxes?

Jak-El: No! We decorate it.

Lois: Oh yeah.

Jak-El: Duh.