I am really loving the holiday season this year. I don't know if it is because of the age of my kids, or that my Christmas shopping is pretty much done, or the list of fun holiday get-togethers coming up soon, or because I am not teaching a room full of holiday-spastic kids, but I am SO EXCITED for Christmas. So, in the spirit of the season, here are 10 fun memories of Christmastime.
- Trips to Illinois to grandpa and grandma's house. One year we traveled the 600 miles there and then got stuck in a blizzard one mile from their house. We weren't sure if we were going to make it or not, but we finally got through!
- Christmas Eve kid programs. They weren't of any great quality, but they were fun to be in.
- Candy sacks and oranges for all of us after the program.
- My very first (and only) Cabbage Patch Kid. Her name was Renetta and her birthday was October 1.
- Finally having an excuse to eat a lot of junk - and mom and dad usually letting me.
- My first Christmas after getting married. We had no ornaments at all to put on the tree, so we bought little kid "stained glass" ornaments and spent the afternoon together painting them. We still hang them up!
- Christmas Caroling in -20 degree weather. It's at those moments that you decide nursing home residents need much more Christmas caroling cheer than anyone else in the world.
- Trip to Branson with good friends and no kids (we didn't have any yet). An ice storm arrived the first night we were there, shutting down nearly everything in the entire city. The only restaurant open was Ruby Tuesday's and the only business open was Walmart. We swam during a thunder ice/snow storm and the electricity went out, locking us out of our hotel rooms. We played Phase 10 and watched CMT all weekend long. It was great!
- Nursing my baby by tree-light. Just when I was SO TIRED of getting up in the night with our newborn, it was time to set up the Christmas tree. Being able to sit in the living room with only the tree lights on for the 3:00 a.m. feeding made being awake bearable once again. It's a good thing the little guy figured out the skill of sleeping through the night before the tree had to come down.
- Christmas of 2006 - stuck at home with two little boys with fevers. Granted, the kids were sick, but we still decorated Christmas cookies and enjoyed a leisurely Christmas together without having to rush off anywhere. It was our first Christmas with two children - it just felt complete.
Happy December!
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We need to get together SOON so you can rub some of that cheer off onto me!
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