So,
Christmas happened. It was nice…enough. Obviously, considering the circumstances,
things – holidays, joyous occasions, events, etc. – just aren’t going to be
amazing, wonderful, great. I don’t know
that I’ve used any really pleasant adjectives to describe anything over the
last month. (Unless it was a full 50-50
mix of awful and yet wonderful like the day of dad’s funeral). I think when
people have asked how something was, I give a kind of pause-sigh, exhilation, “Good”
type of response. And I follow it with a
mumbled, “You know, fine” or “OK.” I
suppose I’ve occasionally experienced surprise when – for a few moments I’m
able to ignore reality – and do feel a little fun, a little joy. I say, “I actually
had fun.”
But
Christmas this year wasn’t fun. It was
nice…enough. It was quiet. We were already planning on hosting it here
which was a first. We’ve often done
Thanksgiving but Christmas has always been at mom and dad’s. We’d decided pre-Thanksgiving and pre-dad’s
passing to switch it up this year. So, I
suppose it was good that we had a change in scenery, a shift in the Christmas
routine.
Mom
and Chris came over around 10:30; we opened gifts, played a couple of games,
helped mom check email. Mom had a bad
headache and napped while I made dinner.
It was quiet. Nice…enough.
Mom
made all three kids look alike mini-me gingerbread cookies. She spent a lot of time on them…and then, of
course, the kids devoured them pretty quickly.
So much for all her hard work, but I suppose she knew that would be the
end result.
What
should’ve/would’ve been the most exciting gift presentation of the day was a
little anti-climatic. We gave the kids 2014
calendars – the boys got Lego ones and for Kayli’s was Disney princess themed. For February 16-22nd, I’d printed
and pasted pictures on each day’s square – an airplane, Disneyland pictures,
Legoland and another airplane. That’s
right – we’re going on a trip!! We’ll
get to see Mike’s dad and stepmom and hopefully my uncle and aunt as well. Anyway, the kids got to the pictures and just
stared blankly at them. It was a dramatic,
LONG pause before they finally figured it out.
When they did they were pretty pumped…as the pictures show!
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