Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to everyone!:streamer:

My husband woke up at the crack of dawn and scuttled in front of our son’s room with sleigh bells. My son staggered into the hall, rubbing his eyes and muttering, “I thought I heard something.” After that, Christmas began at our household.

Once my daughter learned that there was candy in her stocking, there was great rejoicing in the land. She ate her body weight in chocolate, I believe.

My son’s favorite gifts were a Darth Vader cape (now I no longer have to tie blankets around his neck), and Woody from Toy Story. My daughter enjoyed a little kitchenette (I’m so bad. I picked one up at a thrift store for $5. I couldn’t bring myself to pay $50 on something she’d only use a year or so) and some toy pots and pans. She freaked out with her new doll. She still thinks I’m giving her a corpse. The dolls look so real nowadays, I guess I can see her point. She ran screaming the other way when I showed her the doll in her toy stroller. Oh well. Maybe she’ll get used to it later.

I bought my husband the Die Hard collection on DVD. He gave me an alcoholic Christmas. I received a bottle of Kahlua, Bailey’s Irish Cream, a bartender’s book, and one of those rabbit corkscrews that are just amazing. We won’t discuss his ulterior motives for getting his wife toasted. I also received First Draft in Thirty Days! Can’t wait to try that out. My revision process needs work. Last, and one of my favorites was a gift certificate to a spa for a massage and pedicure. Ahhhh…:love:

All in all, a nice Christmas in the household. We ate a fantastic Christmas dinner (though I nearly burned the pie and the turkey through all the distractions) and gorged ourselves on pumpkin pie and lemon meringue. Mmmm…

And just for fun, here are some pictures of yesterday and today:
This is the kids before church on Christmas Eve.
And this is me and the kids before we left for Mass.
This is the children before they dove into their presents.

Merry Christmas to everyone!