Ever since we got the tree up and have been doing some home renovations in preparation for Mamie, Papie, Jaya and Jean-Claude's arrival in a few weeks, Ruby has been talking about getting ready for christmas. Her preparations include lights (check, although she is very preoccupied with whether each and every store has their lights up), making sure she has got nice clothes on, and wondering about the christmas presents.

Thankfully her concern with presents seems mostly abstract because she hasn't asked what she's getting or told us what she wants. We've started talking a lot about solistice and how the lights are so nice as the days get shorter and the weather gets colder.

A few nights ago she spent a solid hour decorating her fingers and toes. And my fingers ("Mom, that's so cool!" she exclaimed and gave me a jovial slap on the back). And she started on poupee's fingers too (see video), but ran out of time.