Merry Christmas

As always, the holidays come and went before we had time to enjoy them. I got most of my decorations up in a timely manner and our poor tree was only half dressed to discourage a little boy from touching, little did I know that a young lady would also have to touch and rearrange all the decorations. December started with snow (on the first) and mother nature wasn't done. Snow came not once, not twice but 3 times in December and for the first time ever for me, we had a white Christmas. Of course as much as cool the snow is, it just causes trouble in my opinion. We can't drive anywhere and we don't have proper snow clothes. Our original plans were for Christmas Eve dinner at the Angeli's and breakfast at our house. Due to the snow, we ended up home with just our little family, eating whatever I could put together (I wasn't planning on cooking a whole meal) and Tomas and the kids watched a cartoon Christmas special. I of course was sorely disappointed and pouted the whole night. Called my mom's and talked with my brother for a while with all the Christmas joy sounds in the background, I have never been so homesick for California as I was that moment. We got everyone to bed and Santa made his yearly appearance. Olivia was cute, in the morning she woke everyone up that "Santa had come" and she squealed with delight with everything she opened, ate or saw. It was just what I needed to be reminded that it's really for the kids. It kind of stinks to be a grown up when you just want to be a kid again. The roads weren't clear until after 10 in the morning, so Christmas breakfast became Christmas brunch. We had a great time with the Angeli's and snowed in Katie and Bryce, what a fun surprise but I'm sure they would have loved to have been home for Christmas. A first and probably last, I made matching PJ bottoms for the kids. Olivia refused to wear them so I only have a picture of Malaki wearing his. His turned out funny and were skin tight and low riders. I got a good laugh out of seeing him. I didn't make him wear them to bed, Tomas didn't think they were warm enough. I think I was in a little bit of denial of the holidays coming, I still have pumpkins on my pouch, which then became snow covered pumpkins.