Counting Down

Toto will be 15 months this Christmas, and appears to have a bit more of a clue what's going on than she did at 3 months last year. Everyday she advances the Christmas calendar, gets super excited at every Christmas decoration she sees, and has no problem wolfing down an entire cookie.

Now is probably a good time to mention Filipinos start celebrating Christmas in September, as Christmas is celebrated in all the "ber" months - September, October, November, and December. At work I attended 3 parties, where we played games like pass the lifesaver ("Polo") to each other on sticks in our mouth and dressed each other in recycled paper for a "trashion show." You know, for the birth of Christ. As an American, I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until after Thanksgiving, then it's on.

A homage to our "homes."