Squishy Burrito? What?!? So, I was walking the streets of Denver with a good friend, and a boy (later to be known as Cster). I decide we should eat. "What do you feel like?" my good friend ask me. "A squishy burrito" answers Cster squishing my muscleless arm.
Jump forward a few years. The good friend is now my sister-in-law and Cster and I enjoy the mountains walking to our mailbox with our 4 children Mster, Lster and Kster, and Nikster.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
I want a Hippoptamus for Christmas
I just sent out our family Christmas list to the family and plan on writing my dream list on the blog shortly but I thought while you wait you might enjoy this.
Interesting tidbit about Hippos that I tell everyone I know: The closet living relative to the hippo is not the pig, as once thought, but is probably the whale. Also, while very cute and playful-looking, hippos are actually quite dangerous and should not be played with.
I know you won't believe me but that is "our family's song for christmas" from when I was little. I've already taught it to Laylee and she loves it. We also have a tradition of giving someone a hippo every hear for christmas.
Hippo is from the Greek for "horse," while "potamus" comes from the Greek for "river." The "hip" in hippo also shows up in the name "Philip" which we can parse as Phil (lover of, fond of, like philately is a stamp lover), 'ip (horse), so Philip means a horseman.
As for me, all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
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Interesting tidbit about Hippos that I tell everyone I know: The closet living relative to the hippo is not the pig, as once thought, but is probably the whale. Also, while very cute and playful-looking, hippos are actually quite dangerous and should not be played with.
I know you won't believe me but that is "our family's song for christmas" from when I was little. I've already taught it to Laylee and she loves it. We also have a tradition of giving someone a hippo every hear for christmas.
Thanks to Panda, our family recently started singing Christmas songs on Christmas day -- I highly recommend we add this to our repertoire.
Our family song. Yes, and we love it. We even get hippos for Christmas, but this site has got the lyrics all wrong, my friend.
Hippo is from the Greek for "horse," while "potamus" comes from the Greek for "river." The "hip" in hippo also shows up in the name "Philip" which we can parse as Phil (lover of, fond of, like philately is a stamp lover), 'ip (horse), so Philip means a horseman.
As for me, all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
Matt, are your friends at school beating you up again?
I want a Hippo!
Squishy, they never ever stop.
I had never even heard of this song before your post, but it was playing when I turned on the radio today. Very cute.
It's on the radio right NOW!
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