First, Ma Pulled the Sleigh,
Then, B Pushed J Swiftly Down the Drive-Way on the Sleigh, Into the Road
And C Set to Work Destroying the Snow Fort.
Followed Closely by B Trying to Punch His Lights Out for Such Acts.
Finally, Ma said She Wasn't Enjoying the Winter Wonderland Anymore,
and Hauled all Their Snow Panted Hindys in.
The End.
The Scooters!
We CAN'T Go
Zipping Around the Table (aka Race Track)
Enough!
Love,
B, C, & J
PS Mom Says She Fears For Her Toes. And Furniture. And Life.
We always Welcome in Christmas Morning,
With Sweet Rolls and the Singing of
"Happy Birthday" to Baby Jesus.
Then We Do This Routine:
and Head Down to See IF Santa Came.
This Year We Were Joined by
Grandma and Grandpa Timmons,
and Aunt Kathy.
We Thoroughly Enjoyed Sharing
This Special Time With Them.
Now, I have to "Write Down" Something Else I Really LOVED about Our Christmas Day. As I was thinking about Christmas Day and How after all the presents are opened, How it seems so Anti-Climatic. And I thought how Funny it is that We look forward to this Day ALL Year Long, and then it seems like We're in such a hurry to get it over. Rush the kids Down, Open the Presents as fast as we can, hurry, hurry, hurry- lunch is waiting or the Other People are getting bored, or whatever the rush seems to be. And I thought: THESE are the moments that We Want. THESE are the Moments that We will MISS when the kids are gone. THIS is what We wait All Year For- Why are We in Such a Hurry to Get it OVER With?
[So We didn't.] [Hurry]
We Let the kids play with their Santa toys to their Hearts Content while we watched. Until well after 9AM. We Opened each gift and Marveled at it, and Enjoyed it and Appreciated it, until close to 1PM.
And I {LOVED} it.
There Wasn't Anything Better, We had to get to.
We Were Doing IT.
and We Didn't clean Up the Mess, and Lunch wasn't Ready, Until Dinner time,
And WE {CHERISHED} EVERY Moment.
With a Little Exchange of Gifts.
Then We Break,
and Do our Own Christmas Eve
To-Do Lists.
[I Can Honestly Say that our]
[Little Family,]
[had a first, in that we spent]
[some time,]
[Fishing in the Bathtub.]
{Trying out J's New Toy}
Then We Gather Again in The Eve
for Eats and a
Special Play with
a Familiar Script.
{Shepherd}
{Wise Men} and {Company}
And then We Race Home,
and
Don Our Christmas PJ Apparel.
GaZillion Cookie GaLore
Then the Judges
Do the Judging.
The Prize Winning Cookies:
{Thanks Grandma and Aunt Kathy!}
