Dad: Charles, what color are your eyes?
Charles: I don’t know. I don’t have a mirror. A mirror helps you see that.
Dad: You’ve never seen yourself in a mirror before?
Charles: When I do my washing.
Dad: And what color were your eyes?
Charles: I don’t remember. I need to go home and look in a mirror.
This evening we went to early services at church. It was a nice service. Alice did her part by doing interpretive dances for all of the hymns, something I hadn’t actually seen done before.
We made the boys take pre-Christmas baths. I ended up putting Alice in the tub with Charles, because she came up to help and every time I took my eye off her she tried to climb in with Charles. I finally gave up and at least got her naked instead of letting her go in fully clothed as she had been trying to do. Charles, being filled with the Christmas spirit, agreed to share (he normally prefers to not let Alice in the bathtub with him). At least this way she pours water on Charles instead of the bathroom floor.
Corwin’s biggest concern about tomorrow is he has to wait for everyone to wake up (even Dad!) before he can open presents. On the other hand, he got to finish off the candy in his advent calendar.