If there is one thing that I wish people would have warned me about before Alexis was born, it would be SLEEEEEEP. GLORIOUS SLEEEEEP. ENJOY IT. But! If there were two warnings, maybe the second one would be to go ahead and enjoy being selfish because SHARING IS STUPID OMG.

You know what I'm talking about.

"Can I have a drink of your water?" they say. What they mean is, "Can I spit a bunch of stuff I've been holding in my chipmunk cheeks into your bottle?"

Find me a parent who hasn't hid in a closet to eat some dessert without sharing and I will show you a liar because EVERYONE DOES IT.

And now I have to share my ornament making, apparently.

Every year for a bunch of years Alexis and I have made glass blown ornaments. It's fun! She sort of does one and I do one and YAY! Shiny things! Family memories!

This year I scheduled the shenanigans for January because 1) I learned that I could schedule it for January and 2) Do you know how much easier it is to do things in January when the holidays are over? Yeah. That. Alexis and I found our way to Gallery G Glass and prepared to get our glass blowing on.

This year was set to be different, though. In previous years, Alexis has copped out on part of the process. This year I told her she was doing it herself AND THAT IS FINAL, YOUNG LADY. She has a tendency to skip out on the hard part (the first time you have to blow) and then magically recovers for the fun and easy parts.

Nuh-uh. There was to be none of that this year.

And it worked! Alexis made her own ornament all by herself!

And then it was my turn. As I walked over to start, Alexis turned to me, put on her most pitiful sad puppy face, and asked if she could make mine, too.

I let her. DAMMIT. I have regretted it many times since. She did a great job, but I WANTED TO DO IT. WAAAAAH.

Give me a time machine and I will go back in time to relive those days when I didn't have to share anything. I really didn't appreciate them as much as I should have.