December 22, 2007

• Tired but Still One Step Ahead……

  I am still wrapping Christmas presents but I am nearing the end of bags to be emptied and the contents wrapped.  If I actually succeed, it will be the first time in at least 32 years that am not frantically wrapping presents right up until the moment the sun peeps out on Christmas morning.  I still have to buy the ingredients for our Christmas dinner but this year I have divided up the dishes to be served among the women of the family.  Jen is even introducing a new dish to our menu.  I, of course, have to make Heaven since the kids all say that none of them can make it like I do.  I am so looking forward to this Christmas since we will be having so many children in the house this year.   I have made sure that each child will actually have something to do Christmas day since not all toys get to be played with especially if they have to be assemblied or have a lot of parts that can be lost.  Those toys are usually saved for playing with at their own homes and under supervision……not where there are toddlers that are into everything and everything goes to the mouth.  I think I still have to get Alex a few more toys since I am having a hard time finding something that someone else has not already gotten for him.  He is such a curious child and ever so smart.  Surprisingly enough, Damien has taken the lead on being the child most easy to purchase toys for.  He is at the right age where there is such an abundance of toys in his age group.  He is not picky about his toys either.  He loves everything.  I need to get back to the wrapping again so this will be a short entry.  Oh, the tree is almost fully decorated too.  There for awhile I thought our tree was only going to have the lights and crystal garland strands as the only decorations.  Heather and Jessie finally finished up the tree except for putting on my new bulbs the girls got me and my glass reindeers and my fake candy canes and, of course, the tinsel.  Those items they left for me to do plus tweaking the tree once it gets completely decorated for balance and special placements of some of my very special ornaments.  It is all coming together……..Christmas is coming!

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