I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Have you ever heard the song, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas? I always thought it was a funny song. Whoever heard of a kid wanting a hippo for Christmas? Well this year Michael wanted one. Fortunately for me he didn't want a live one like the kid in the song but he wanted a hippo all the same.

A few weeks before Christmas we went to Ikea. In the kids department Michael saw a stuffed hippopotamus. He so wanted to take it home. But like all the other things my kids had been asking for at stores I told them that maybe Santa would bring it to them. I figured that would be the end of it.

But later when I asked Michael what he wanted for Christmas he only told me two things: an ipad and a hippopotamus. Santa obviously wasn't going to bring him his own ipad so I figured I better have a chat with Santa and tell him to bring Michael the hippo.


Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there.

Michael Quotes

Some of you may know that I am Michael's primary teacher. I taught his class for about 6 months last year and then moved up with the class this year. The lessons this year will focus on choosing the right. Sometimes I wonder whether Michael and the other kids are listening when I teach; they are only 4 years old but given yesterday's quotes from Michael he must have been listening.

"Mom, you're being grouchy. You're not choosing the right."

"Mom, I lost my ring. I can't choose the right now."

He had lost his CTR ring that he got on Sunday. But don't worry, we found it.