{"id":157,"date":"2005-12-21T18:49:44","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=157"},"modified":"2005-12-22T08:45:01","modified_gmt":"2005-12-22T12:45:01","slug":"christmas-round-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2005\/12\/21\/christmas-round-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas! &#8211; Round One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/photos\/presents.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/presents2_thumb.jpg\" align=right vspace=5 hspace=12 alt=\"image\"\/><\/a>Last weekend Connor opened his first round of presents for the 2005 holiday season.  He sugared up at Grandma Johnson&#8217;s and tore into brand new firetrucks, Pez dispensers and noisy little ray guns.  I&#8217;m starting to see the connection between two year olds and the value of a toy:  the louder and more obnoxious, the better.<\/p>\n<p>Amy and I bought quiet toys like wooden train sets and basketball goals.  I&#8217;m leaving the noisy stuff to the grandparents who are determined to punish us for the years of frustration provided by our kazoos and those crazy tubes we spun over our head that whistled.  Remember the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevespanglerscience.com\/product\/1192\">Whirly Tube<\/a>? Oh ya, you or someone you knew had one.<\/p>\n<p>Round two is on Christmas day when Connor will spend about 24 hours opening gifts from every relative on the east coast.  Thank ye ol&#8217; blessed playroom.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight I&#8217;m going to make Amy watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedevilsrejects.com\/\">The Devils Rejects<\/a> by Rob Zombie to get in the mood for the holidays.  Heh, heh, ho&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend Connor opened his first round of presents for the 2005 holiday season. He sugared up at Grandma Johnson&#8217;s and tore into brand new firetrucks, Pez dispensers and noisy little ray guns. 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