Jason is de-cluttering the house and fixing loose ends.
Emma watches the Land Before Time with stuffed animal friends.
While Mommy lingers behind to write,
Not forgetting the house needs to be clean and bright.
For visiters of the Grandmother type
Join us for Christmas tomorrow night.
I'm a lot more excited this Christmas than I have been other Christmases since I've been married. Jason was deployed last Christmas so I was out of sorts. I think being in the new camper where we're all feeling the "camper love" and celebrating our first Christmas alone as a family is really helping this year feel merry and bright. I'm very excited this year because Emma is old enough to have some awareness of what is going on. We've been keeping up with our 25 days til Christmas count down tree that tells the story of the real meaning of Christmas. Emma keeps asking me "Do you remember Jesus?" We often talk about God and where he lives and how he watches over us. Sometimes she even sings Jesus' name. I'm sure that puts a smile on God's face as I know it does on her parents. We'll be bringing in her big present this evening which is so big it's in storage right now. Hopefully we have enough wrapping paper to wrap it all. And we'll be stuffing the stockings. I'm going to put her stocking on the top stair to her loft so hopefully when she gets up she'll know she can open it. I'm still deciding if I'm going to wrap them since I'm not sure that she'll know she can open them. She already found one of her stocking gifts by accident and we told her she couldn't play with it so I hope that doesn't deter her from getting into them tomorrow. Jason and I have already said we're getting up early for our Christmas gifts too. I think he's as excited as I am this year. Although, he cheated and got me more gifts than he was allowed to this year, using up all the extra spending money so I couldn't even go out and match him. He already got other gifts early this year too so I hope he enjoys the smaller amount that he's getting on Christmas day. I'm learning that there were a few toys he missed out on having as a kid and I can pretty much get those for him now as a win win for Emma and I. He wants to play with them with Emma and I get to see the two of them bonding. Jason's trying to talk me into letting him get a PS3 so he can "bond" with Emma with some fun, kids educational games (which was my stipulation - they had to be educational.) I actually don't think it's a horrible idea as Emma does seem to favor me over Dad and I want her to be a daddy's girl. Jason has a hard time playing with Barbies and stuffed animals, though and giving them a gift they can both enjoy together would be great for the whole family. Plus, I wouldn't feel guilty about going off and writing if they were playing games. (Educational games) I'm sure a PS3 is in our near future as Jason's side of the family is generous with monotary gifts. (My computer is not showing me how to spell that word, sorry.)
I already spent some of my Christmas money from Pappy Maloney on a carpet cleaner which Jason took over as his own project for today. So, that is fine with me. I will concentrate on cleaning up the rest of the house. Jason is missing his mommy, glad that she's coming into town, and excited to have the camper sparkling for her arrival. I'm just glad I'm feeling much better (I had the flu) so that I can help him get things around with out feeling awful!
Our Christmas goodies and listening to the scrooge tape around the Christmas tree went over well. I'm so thankful for Cheryl Kayser who opened up her kitchen for us to do our cookie baking and decorating. She also introduced me to biscotti which was actually rather tasty. It was great having someone to bake with who was also alone for the holidays and needed to get in the Christmas spirit herself. She is a great friend! We have really appreciated getting to know her, Stan and the dogs. I made the Thanksgiving drink since we had Thanksgiving at a restaurant this year. I'm enjoying more of that now along with no-bake cookies, sugar cookies, fudge enough to come out my ears, my obligatory cheese ball, and Jason's Hickory Farm traditional meat and cheeses.
Emma was funny this morning. We had the goodies still out from last night. She came into the kitchen before we did as usual. She said, "oo, cookies." And then there was silence for a while. Jason wanted to tease her so he said, "Hey, you better not be eating those cookies." More silence. And then, "I don't want a time out." ha ha I wonder what her face was like. So we got up and ate cookies with her. It was a breakfast of champions and she was thankful we weren't really mad.
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