Remember when I said that I knew Hubs new job would sometimes come before family time?? Well, the week of Christmas belongs to the church and my natives are getting restless. Our church is hosting nine wonderful Christmas services, all of which Hubs much attend/work. Sigh... I miss him a bit. Last night he came home as I was drifting to sleep on the sofa. We're really looking forward to Sunday. We will open presents, eat breakfast, and drink coffee while the kids play. We will hold hands and snuggle.
Are you ready for Christmas?? I've made two batches of cookies. One I trashed and the others are ok. Shooting for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies tomorrow. Surely those will turn out ok! My kitchen skills seem to be lacking a bit.
If you've read my blog in years past, you have seen that I have a love/hate/tolerance relationship with my mother. Today she sent me a text stating she would be at my house this Saturday or Sunday. Didn't ask, just stated as fact. Well, that doesn't work for me, and I let her know. Saturday we will be attending one of our Christmas services at church then heading to the in-laws (like we do every year) and on Sunday, I like for it to be just my silly little family of four. Hubs will be super worn out from his new marathon Christmas adventure and I really want it to be a restful Christmas for him. I let Mom know that we would be happy to host her on Monday, so please do not think I'm a terrible daughter. I'll even make a nice meal, promise.
I still have a few things to wrap. And it appears that our gifts from Jolly Ole St. Nick need to be charged, so that must be done too. How do you handle Santa gifts?? We have Santa only bring one gift for each child, it's generally a special request from the kidlet. In our home, the Santa gift is not wrapped. All others under the tree are from us and therefore wrapped. I'll be honest, I forget from one year to the next whether we give the kids stocking or if Santa Man leaves them. This year, I'm filling the stockings, so I think to simplify, that will be my job going forward, not the Jolly Elf.
So, we're ready for Christmas. We ready to celebrate the meaning of Christmas. We're ready to have Daddy home for a few days. And, can I be honest, I'm ready to take down my decorations. There. I said it. Maybe I am a little Grinchish this year. Merry Christmas Bloggyland.!!
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Sounds like our Christmas! Only we had four services, not NINE! Woah! I bet he was worn out! But all three of us were involved with ours, so at least we were together. I say we were all involved, but Kiddo just had to tag along with us. He was a trooper, especially when his daddy left him with me and didn't take him home with him for one of the services. He had just enough of a break to run home and get Kiddo's new bike out of the attic and do some minor adjustments on it for Christmas morning. All in all it was a great weekend. :)
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