IT'S COME AND GONE
All in all it was a pretty good day. Not too depressing anyway. But it was far from our typical Christmas day. But then again maybe not. I was, as I have been since the very first Christmas I was born, (and I was only less than a month old) the first one awake. Aidan and Angus woke very shortly after. It being 4 Am we told Aidan to watch TV in his room if he couldn’t go back to sleep. And that is exactly what I did until Angus begged me to get up at 7:15 ,with the words of, that this could probably be child abuse of some sort.
I just really didn’t see the point of waking the girls before 7Am to open two gifts from my mother and a few gift cards. Even when they have more than they need for gifts it is all over so fast . I was afraid there would be a major let down from Aidan. He really surprised me. He got the game of life (my kids love all the old games) and begged Sophia to play right away. And then went off to play RC tycoon 2 on the puter. The other gift from my mother.
I baked the usual cinnamon rolls to tied everyone over until the bacon, eggs and toast are done. Only this year, Angus made omelets for me! That was a nice change let me tell you! Angus and I had Champagne and watched the kids play a bit, then sneaked off for a “Nap”. By then it was late afternoon and all the kids friends were back from their Holiday trips to family. So off they went to play while I started dinner, which consisted of Baked spiral cut ham with honey and brown sugar glaze, garlic cheese mashed potatoes, and of course, green bean casserole.
The thing that made this Christmas different than most I think was every ones demeanor. Aidan was so well behaved. All hugs and full of love for everyone, spouting out if either of his sisters strayed too far, the meaning of Christmas, and that we should all be together. (the only time this was not so humorous was when we had the nerve to close our bedroom door when we went to take a “nap")
I would like to think that both the girls really appreciate Christmas, but I don’t think they got it the way the Aidan did. I don’t think they really understand the place we are in right now. They are too used to being in a tight spot and Mom finding some way out of it. And who can blame them, it’s what I did for half the time I was with their father. And its what parents are suppose to do. But I don’t see a way out of this one. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
TTFN
Posted on 12/26/04 at 04:41 PM