We have had such an unusual Christmas this year--and I'm not just talking about Janae lounging around in Ben's underwear while reading books upside down!
With all the snow, Jason was away all Christmas Eve and half of Christmas Day--then several hours on Boxing Day and today, too. We missed Mom's turkey dinner on Christmas Eve, then we were there alone on Christmas Day. Where was all the NOISE NOISE NOISE NOISE?? (Can you tell we've been reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas?). I missed all the chaos and fun of my parents' house full of kids on Christmas Eve!
There was no re-enactment of the First Christmas with Jason as the donkey, no opening of one Christmas Eve present, no looking at Christmas lights on the way home. . . .
Anyway, on Christmas morning Ben and Janae ran out into the snow in their PAJAMAS--Janae was actually wearing her PJs with a "dancing" dress overtop, and I couldn't bear to force them back inside, even after Jason left for work. Then Janae did a faceplant in the snow and it was pretty easy to get her to come in--Ben, on the other hand, wanted to stay out all day (Janae's screaming didn't seem to bother him). It's hard being a single parent, let me tell you.
When I asked Ben later what his favorite part of Christmas was, he smiled a huge smile and said, "Playing outside in the snow!" Not playing with his new Thomas turning table, windmill, or Cranky the Crane? Not eating chocolates or building his Lego airplane? Not even close! I'm sure Ben will remember the whitest Christmas on record long after he's forgotten about all his toys, no matter how good of a job Santa did.
After Christmas there was not even any Boxing Day shopping (for us, anyway). It was a most unusual year.
Of course not everything was unusual. Janae loved her new Cinderella doll (when she saw it in the box she shouted, "An angel!"), Ben refused to eat the Holiday Morning French Toast that had taken 24 hours to make, and Jason ate all of his Purdy's Hedgehogs in a single sitting.
And Janae had lots of fun playing in the boxes!
We did have a nice Christmas, especially the time we spent together--it was just a little different :)
1 comments:
You missed all the chaos of the family together? Just kidding, so did I! Once in a while though it is nice to be stranded in your own home, but I don't know about missing all the sales after Christmas. I think next year it would be nice if we didn't break any snow records, don't you!
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