And I’m having a bitch of a time trying to pry my husband’s arse off the chair to go do some after Christmas shopping and exchanging. I’ve been up since just after 5 AM, thanks to the mystery munchkin, who sneakily crawled into bed with us in the middle of the night. She may be small, but she takes up an awful lot of room.
Anyway, if I get nothing else, I wanted to stock up on holiday paper goods for the party I insist I am not having next year. And I love to pick up wrapping paper at 70% off! I had to pick up a few rolls this year, and hate paying $3 a roll for paper that is going to be ripped and shredded all over the house.
We had a very nice time at my mom’s on Christmas eve. The girls got some wonderful gifts, and I got a cute leather jacket. We had my mom’s traditional ham and potato salad, but there was also roast turkey and all kinds of snacks, cookies, and chocolates. I know why I needed gastric bypass surgery! We came home to find, as usual, Mrs. Claus has been here while we were away! She always leaves us one gift to open up on Christmas Eve, and it is always Christmas pajamas for everyone!
The kids actually slept pretty good on Christmas morning. Eilis and Jim were up first, but it wasn’t long before they were looking for Granuaile and I.
Little did they know that it’s not a good thing to wake Granuaile before she has had the appropriate amount of unconscious time.
Brighid was the last one to come down the stairs, and she immediately begins regretting asking Mrs. Claus for those cute little boxer short Christmas PJs and wishes she had warm toasty PJs like the rest of us!
The kids all had a great time opening gifts – and it took a good two hours for them to get through the pile!
They’ve been playing Rock Band pretty much non-stop since yesterday afternoon. I have been praying for an agent to come here and take them on tour. No, seriously, get these people out of my house!
We opted not to cook a big meal on Christmas day and have snack foods instead. It sounded like a good plan to begin with, but it ended up being cook-a-palooza for me! I made a big breakfast, which I usually do on Christmas day (scrapple, grits, eggs, cinnamon buns); and then made dips, appetizers, cheese platters, grape pizza, and zucchini squares. It was way more time in the kitchen than it would have been if I had thrown a ham in the oven and kept it there. But everyone enjoyed the food!
Brighid was the first to fall asleep – on the sofa around 7 PM. I went up to bed around 8:45, watched a little TV, then fell asleep. Jim came up after Eilis fell asleep on the chair downstairs, and Granuaile followed.
It was a Merry Christmas – peaceful, quiet, and wonderful fun for the girls. And that’s really what Christmas is all about.
You know, this was a really good post! I hope your answers on the Moms Panel next year will show some of the grit you show in these posts.
I think LeighAnne (sp) and Laura made a great pick with you this year.
I had to comment on this particular blog because it was so funny reading how your idea to not have a big meal and just do snack-type foods made for MORE time for you in the kitchen! That is hilarious!
We did the EXACT same thing, and the same rang true for me–pretzels, dips, cookies, etc etc etc! How did an idea that was supposed to SAVE time end up costing us so much MORE time?
LOL! Keep up the great blogs, and I am looking forward to seeing you on the Moms Panel site and the disboards (I am dcanoli over there)!
Happy new year Anna!