So, I've gone off my diet a bit in recent days, and I've been partaking of some of the delicious cookies my mom sent up. I tried to sneak one out of the tin, but Lily caught me, and I couldn't eat one and not offer it to her, so I said "Close your eyes and daddy will give you a treat." She squinted her eyes shut very tightly and she looked like a little baby tree shrew. I gave her the cookie and she thoroughly enjoyed it. Then as soon as she was done, she squinted her eyes shut again, and said "Daddy, I'm closing my eyes!", thinking that it was this act that got her the cookie.

I wonder what goes on in her little head. She got up early the other morning and she was calling "Mommy! Daddy!" across the room. When we didn't come over fast enough, she clarified, "It's me, Lily!", and I'm just surprised that such a little kid understands that other people might not have share her viewpoint. I think that will be a healthy trait for her.

I'm ready for Christmas. I'm taking off from the 25th to the 5th, so hopefully my batteries are recharged. I want to hit NH, to visit Tim and have that delayed visit and Jen wants to go to NYC.

It's bitterly cold right now, with wind chills below zero. I skipped my company Christmas party, because traffic was going to be so terrible during the ice storm. Weather wasn't bad in the morning and I was wondering if I made a mistake, but by noon, we had over three inches of ice and snow. So I stayed home and baked cookies with Jen and Lily. (Check out the video section of the myspace page for a video of Lily helping out with the cookie dough)

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