We crawled out of bed this morning at 8:00 after holding Mark off as long as possible. Mark awoke the other three kids by announcing that it was time to open presents. He'd been in our room a couple of times since 6:00 am and even climbed into bed with us twice. Last night (or should I say EARLY this morning) he claimed that he needed a "sleeping pill" to get to sleep. He didn't get one.
The kids surveyed what Santa delivered to them which didn't take long because they didn't get a lot. Then they opened their wrapped presents given to them by friends, relatives and neighbors. Every year they are admonished to record what they receive and write thank-you notes. They're pretty good at the recording and not so good at the thank-you-card writing. I keep trying; they've been taught.
It seemed like a pretty typical Christmas for our family except for a few notable differences listed here:
*We have a WHITE Christmas, and I can't remember the last time we had one here.
*We couldn't make it up Uncle David and Aunt Liz's driveway without getting momentarily stuck in the snow twice.
*Our electricity went out today for 2 hours. I eventually was able to repair my hair, do the dishes and cook dinner. I wanted to give the power repair people big hug!
*Our washing machine broke. Hopefully all it needs is a simple, fairly inexpensive repair.
*We have mounds of trash (which isn't really atypical of Christmas) because the garbage collection company can't collect the garbage due to the snow.
*Santa didn't bring the children ANY candy in their stockings. No complaints.
I love the Christmas and the reason for the season, despite the few bumps (literal and figurative) in the road!
1 comment:
I can't believe you lost power! Our lights flickered twice and made us a little nervous, but we were okay. Merry Christmas!
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