Angel’s eyes went round and round, so maybe he thought it was kind of funny?
“We’ll see if it’s funny this year or not.” Angel had a right to be suspicious but Ruslan was a good present giver, so I knew it’d be fine. He’d given me special packs of crayons that had people colors and sparkly colors and neon colors and everything. “What the fuck?”
Daddy hummed and Angel realized what he’d said. “Sorry. But it’s a fucking box.”
Hmm.
Yep, he could use naughty words for that.
“Is he supposed to color the box?” Ruslan shook his head but flopped back on the floor and groaned as I tried to figure out what they’d done. “I think something went wrong.”
Angel was trying not to laugh as Dante groaned. “Just open that box. It’s funny.”
Daddy might need to explain what that word meant.
Hmm.
“Daddy, I don’t like funny.” I needed a limit for that. “It’s my limit.”
Gary was shaking because he had the giggles and was trying to hide it, but Ruslan was making big Daddy kind of sighs. “Oh, Daddy.”
That was why littles needed to wrap the packages…we weren’t naughty.
Oops.
Another box.
Angel’s eyes were getting lots of exercise and Gary was laughing and laughing. “An envelope?”
Was he supposed to buy his own shirt?
“Open it.” It was Dante’s turn to roll his eyes. “You guys are so serious.”
Before I could decide if he was right or not, Angel opened the envelope and pulled out a small piece of paper. “Oh…thank you.”
Did he like the shirt store a lot?
“What did you get him?”
I was very confused.
Angel laughed and turned the paper around. “It’s a gift certificate for a butcher on the other side of town. Their meat is amazing.”
Oh.
“Have fun setting your meat on fire.”
Christmas made everybody giggly.
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“You were naughty.” Daddy tried to look confused but his eyes were too happy. “I know it.”
He wanted to laugh but he frowned. “Me? I don’t know what you mean. Everyone loved our cake and the presents we picked out.”
He’d been sneaky.
“Did you help Gary pick out his presents?” Gary was naughty too. He’d gotten Ruslan glitter pens and glitter glue and glitter stickers and glitter paper.
