merry christmas, baby!

Christmas Eve 2010

• we were the crazy people who split up to hit Target, Wegman's and Costco on Christmas Eve
• much anticipation, excitement and general HIGH energy levels, at least for the shorter family members
• cookie making for some, including the repurposing of Star Wars pancake molds, present wrapping for others
• pizza for everyone, a little Muppet Christmas Carol for some, more present wrapping for others
• cookie decorating in a whir of icing and sprinkles, pretty sure Pudge ate icing the entire time, thinking no one spied him
• last of the "12 Books of Christmas" was unwrapped, allowing for the children (and Mommy) to learn the actual words to "Deck the Halls"
• cookies for Santa left on the table, along with a little egg nog (no rum, don't worry- don't drink and drive sleighs and all)
• Santa's arrival before midnight-- breaking a trend in his usual late, late arrival in recent years

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Christmas morning, 2010

• waking at 5:50 AM never happens on its own, so apparently I'm still a little kid at heart, but the adult in me said, "Go back to sleep!"
• the awesome, incredible children did not come into the room until almost 7:30 AM, making them my favorite kids of the day
• the neat and organized living room turned to post-hurricane status in roughly 15 minutes
• many cries of "yay!" and "suh-weet!" and "just what I wanted" wiped away the (ridiculous) worries that we scaled back too much this Christmas
• a tea set, tinkertoys and a DS game win the prizes for top gifts from Santa
• technology failed our attempts to Skype with Mem and Pepe, so the kids opened their gifts one at a time while talking to Mem and Pepe over speaker phone, and the video is taking almost the entire day to post to FB for my parents to see
• stocking gifts from hubby to me (and hopefully from me to hubby) brought many smiles, especially the Glee holiday CD that was already loaded in the player!
• mimosas and a cheesy/meaty quiche brought a touch of high brow to our Christmas morning (ha!)
• hubby cleaning up after the big breakfast cooking (pancakes, too!) was the best gift of all...
• ...a low-key morning with no guilt came in as a close second
• soon the ham dinner will be prepared, a pumpkin pie will be baked, and more gorging will commence

   

           

Merry Christmas, from our family (crazy as it may be) to yours,