Merry Christmas 09
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
It’s that time of year again, the silly season, when we do the Christmas thing, whatever that means for you. With young kids in the house it has brought new magic to this time. Previously we enjoyed a quiet family Christmas, now there is more excitement and build up. The number of sleeps to go is being counted down and checked numerous times a day.
We had a mini disaster last night. You see we like to pretend that Santa comes on Christmas Eve and always leave something for him to eat and drink and some food for his reindeer. One of the lessons we learnt early on is to put the reindeer food in a container. The first year we spread it out on the lawn. Do you know how difficult it is to try and get rid of out of the lawn so you can make it look like they have eaten it? Last year we put a little bit of dried horse poo there to add to the evidence.
This year He has managed to get hold of some deer antlers. We have been telling the kids that the reindeer change antlers every now and again and if they are extra good Santa will leave them Rudolph’s old antlers. Son has written a letter to Santa asking for them. Last night Daughter was helping Him make some Christmas decorations. In a quiet moment she went and rummaged in the cupboard and guess what she found – the antlers. He quickly explained that when they had seen Santa the other day he had asked Him to take the antlers as his sack was going to be rather full and if He could put them out on Christmas Eve that would be appreciated. That seemed to be taken quite well. The big question is can 4 year old Daughter keep this a secret from big brother?
Son has just woken up and the first thing he announced was ‘three more days until Christmas’. He now wants to come and join me so I had better keep the earlier paragraphs hidden. He has learned to read now so we have to be careful what we leave around at times.
This is just a short post to wish everyone reading this a very Happy Christmas and New Year. I hope you get to enjoy this time of year whatever Christmas means to you. I look forward to talking to you again in 2010, I have a few changes and surprises in store for the New Year.
