Finrod just asked if I preferred the leather pants with the butt cut out or just the normal ones.

Oh, dear, what have I done? ;)

Alex's Aunt Sharon and Aunt Kirsty already took care of getting him annoying toys for Christmas. They got him this squeaky football that does not so much squeak as it shrieks. Proloooonged shrieks. Of course, he loves it, and it's delightful to wake up to a shrieking football at 5:30 in the morning.