I despise the week after Christmas!! I feel like a little kid with anticipation before Christmas but then when it's over it's so depressing!! What's even worse is that I usually leave my tree up until New Years Day but it is so droopy and pathetic looking, dropping pine needles all over the floor.. I'm thinking I'm going to have to take it down tomorrow! Sad.. Oh well.
Jay's Mom spent the week of Christmas with us and we had a great time. We celebrated Christmas Eve on the 20th and had our Christmas the next morning because the boys were with Ken on Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we had a huge dinner with turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing etc and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. We also watched The Christmas Story, played Yahtzee and made gingerbread houses with Ike and Jake. It was a great day and what made it even better was that we had wrapped presents ahead of time so all we had to do was put them around the tree!! It made for a pretty relaxing day overall! Christmas morning was great as well. We spent the day opening presents, opening toy packages(why do they make them so difficult), playing and eating. The kids were all very happy with their presents... Isaac got football gloves, clothes, movies, cds, books,a PS3 NCAA game that he is obsessed with, a really cool chair to play his video games in from Grandma Linda and a million other things that will keep him busy for months! Jake got the 'biggest Nerf gun ever made', clothes, a remote control dinosaur, movies, an AC/DC cd that he loves, video games, and a chair like Ike's from Grandma. Sophie got a Baby Alive sips 'n' slurps, barbies, a dollhouse, some really cute clothes, books and all kinds of other girly things. They definitely scored.
On the real Christmas Eve the boys were with Ken so Jay, Linda, Sophie and I went out for chinese food. Sad huh? No.. it was actuall really nice. We sat around all day watching movies (Sophie's and ours) and ate ourselves sick. Jay's Mom gave me Mama Mia for Christmas and I hadn't seen it yet. I loved it! And the best thing is that Sophie loves it too and is obsessed with the music. We have watched it about 6 times already. I think Jay is ready to hide it.
Jay's Mom went home yesterday and we are always sad to see her go but are so grateful that she takes the time and spends the money to come and see us. I know it's not cheap to fly here from Boston but we love having her visit! She is so helpful and so much fun to have around!! She and Jay worked all day on Monday gettting our baseboards all finished! They look fantastic! Thank You Linda!!
That about sums everything up!
Hope everyone had as peaceful and relaxing a Christmas as we did and that everyone has a wonderful New Year!!
Riss
I just wanted to take a minute to say Happy Birthday to my not so little boy!! It's crazy how time flies! I honestly can't believe you are already twelve years old!! Thank you for being such a good kid. You have such a sensitive personality.. you are so concerned about hurting other people's feelings and you are such a great brother! I am honored to be your Mom and I am so proud of who you are becoming!! I love you SO much!!!
