Noah had the great idea for our family (well, the kids and I) to go Christmas caroling in our neighborhood and hand out plates of cookies. Sounds great, right?
Actually, it went against every sane bone in my body (admittedly, there may not be many). This involved knocking on doors of near-strangers and singing at the top of my lungs because I have to if I am asking the kids to. But the scariest part of all...taking Mr. Unpredictable (a.k.a. Levi) on a walk in the dark to sing on porches of people who don't know us.
We made a few rules before we left:
1. No touching snow with anything other than the snowboots on our feet. This was because we knew it was going to be a long walk and touching snow means you get to be wet for the very long walk.
2. Stay together. Always. No exceptions.
3. Do not go into anyone's house unless Mom says so.
Turns out, my fears were well-founded. The following is a list of all the crazy things Mr. Unpredictable did on our 2 hour long walk...
1. Immediately walked through the highest snow he could find.
2. Bent down and made a zombie snowman (his words) every 5 feet or so. Again, touching the snow.
3. Fell off a random neighbor's porch. This was not accidental. Yay for porch-side bushes.
4. Inspected about 20 people's Christmas ornaments, no matter where that meant he had to walk.
5. Opened the door and let a German Shepherd out, right at face level. :S Thankfully, we know this particular pup.
6. Waltzed right into one person's house and took off his boots. Thankfully, we know this family well. ;)
7. Sang probably two lines total.
But what he didn't do was more important. He didn't...
1. Refuse to walk.
2. Scream or cry.
3. Run away.
4. Say anything inappropriate. At least where people could hear.
All in all, I'll call it a success. Considering that when we got home, he was soaking wet from all of his "snow-touching", I'd say he did far better than I would have expected. We'll do it again next year, I hope.
Rule #4 will be...only ring the doorbell once.
