The Grinch is in the hizzle
Hi, it’s me your friendly Grinch. I don’t know what it is about the holidays (and I am trying to get over it) but they bring a lot of dread for me. I don’t like to be told what to celebrate and when and I don’t like it that we only show gratitude once a year. In a perfect world we would all be thankful every day and we would let those around us know it. On the other hand it is nice to be reminded to slow down and be thankful but generally the holidays are a whirlwind of spending, traveling, giving, receiving, cooking, cleaning and a lot of other things that are not relaxing. Okay, someone just kicked me off my soapbox so I will end this little rant and move on.
We had a great holiday in California with my family and then came home to Arizona and enjoyed another day with my Arizona family. It was great to see everyone, the traveling wasn’t so bad, the gift giving/receiving was not excessive, the food was tasty and the girls were wonderful. Piper and Lela knew about presents and wanted to open them all but once they opened a gift it seemed like they wanted to just enjoy that gift and not continue opening. I don’t know how the holidays are going to play out around here but so far the girls would rather NOT believe in Santa. They find him really scary and actually asked us to make sure he did not visit our house this year. They do love the Christmas Lights, Piper loves them the most. Landis enjoyed all the festivities and is becoming more and more alert, she does like the lighted Christmas tree too. The girls got lots of cool stuff and no junk (thank you everyone). They got a chemistry kit, a talking globe, a talking map of the US, a giant floor puzzle, a learning cash register, a learning clock, radio flyer retro bikes, a CD player with microphones to sing along and a bunch of other great stuff. I feel a great need to purge the toy room, as well as the rest of the house. All in all a great holiday, we were very lucky to be able to visit with everyone this year.
I am thankful for all my family and my friends, my beautiful girls, wonderful husband and even my annoying golden retriever:) Thanks for a great 2007 and I am looking forward to 2008:) Love to all.