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 Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:43 am
Taylor, along with her baby brother Tabansi and their mother had just set up a small, but full Christmas tree. This would be Taylor's second Christmas and Tabansi's first. Both children were ecstatic.
There was three day old snow out in the yard and the television was left to play at no one while all the Christmas specials went along one after the other that evening. Syrcaid sat Taylor down to show her how to carefully unwrap the fragile ornaments and what each ornament was for.
Tabansi, little as he was, was conent to watch and bounce on his bouncy chair. He was busily staring at an apple he had a grip on in his little hands. He hadn't let go of it all that evening and was gumming it in attempts to break its skin. Syrcaid guessed that by the time he got into it, it'd be applesauce and he didn't need teeth to eat applesauce.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:58 am
"Dadda, is Meka's last name Gamora?"
"Only if his first name is Soddom," S-D replied, tucking Damaris' scarf into her thick coat. "Are you warm enough?"
"I can't even put my arms all the way down, Dadda," Damaris sighed, rolling her eyes.
They were getting ready to go visit family. They had their own tree done and decorated, so yet another tree to decorate seemed like fun and Damaris had not seen her cousins in a long time. Damaris and Taylor were frequent penpals but nothing was quite like being with each other for the holidays.
"What's Soddom, anyway? Am I gonna have to look it-?"
"No, dear, please don't look it up," S-D interjected, holding up a warning finger at her. "If we go through another one of those accidental pre-learning experiences your father's going to be in the doghouse yet again."
"Ooooh," Damaris nodded. "This was like when you and Meka were talking to Uncil Maurice about the Magic Rabbit and I thought it was-"
"Yes! Yes, exactly. Why DCorp assigned you all laptops and easy access to anything online is beyond me," he groaned.
"It's not much of a laptop, anyway, Dadda," Damaris sniffed as S-D pulled earmuffs over her head. "It's got parental controls."
"Great, they're teaching you to control your poor father early," S-D pretended to be wounded.
Damaris laughed and kissed his forehead.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:10 pm
"Who made this one, Mom?" Taylor said, holding up a strange whittled wooden cat, it was painted bright pink. "It looks like Uncle Evil!"
"It is Uncle Evil," Syrcaid nodded, pulling out Tabansi from his chair for some real food and a nappy change. "Your Uncle Zizzi made it for him when he went to summer camp."
"Where is Uncle Zizzi, Mom? I haven't seen him all year," Taylor said, putting down the cat and unwrapping another ornament.
"He should be back for spring vacation from his classes, dear," Syrcaid sighed. "I'm not used to him being gone for this long, too. But I bet he'll have lots of presents and stories for you and he'll get to meet his new baby brother."
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:37 pm
S-D and Damaris had been driving for a while now, the icy roads and the distance itself making the trip about twice as long as usual. The holiday traffic through the major part of town was near intolerable. S-D had turned off the radio after the third rendition of "Holly Jolly Christmas" with visions of little burning felt stopmotion animals in his mind. That seemed to amuse him slightly. He was grinning openly - and malciously.
"Do you LIKE this Alex kid or something?" S-D groaned as they stopped at a red light.
"I didn't even know he was Sharika's brother!" Damaris shrugged, trying to figure out in her mind what was wrong with liking someone new. "Is that bad that I wanna like new people?"
S-D blinked. "There's two kinds of like, cuddleduck. See, Meka and I like each other so we live with each other. And then there's the kind of like where you like icre cream or going to a movie."
"So, if I like Alex I should go live with him, too?"
"s**t," was his kneejerk reaction. Damaris gently slapped his hand and shook her head. "No! Don't live with him! If you want him to survive to his next birthday, you'll not so much as shake his hand!"
"How come I can like Sharika and not Alex, though?" shrugged Damaris.
"Because he's a boy, that's why," S-D drove along. "You're not supposed to be thinking about boys yet."
"But it's okay to think about girls?" Damaris was thoroughly confused.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:53 pm
Syrcaid put Tabansi onto his baby sling on her front like a mother kangaroo as she sat on the sofa and started stapling a paper garland together. She wondered when Damaris and S-D would arrive.
"Should I order us a pizza tonight?" she asked Taylor, as she linked another strip of paper.
"Yeah!" Taylor hopped from where she sat. "Can I get it with mushrooms?"
Syrcaid muted the television as she grabbed the cordless phone to start dialing. Before she knew it, however, Tabansi had grabbed the chain she had just assembled and was cheerily pulling it apart at the staples. She laughed as someone answered on the other side.
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