Christmas Report

Obviously, Christmas has come and gone, and yet again I am slacking with the update. I don't have an excuse (this time) so I don't know what happened. Anyway...

We woke up to a blizzard. Not kidding. The snow was coming down really hard and the wind was blowing every which way, so you couldn't tell where the snow was coming from. I woke up at about 6am, still dark outside, with the intent of starting breakfast, but being Christmas morning, the kids started to wake up.

The first was Ethan. He looked bleary eyed but ready to tear into his presents as he eyed them from the kitchen. He sat fidgeting on the kitchen stool, alternating between asking what was for breakfast to when we'd open the presents, back to what I was cooking for breakfast (red and green pancakes, bacon, sausage, and hash browns, just so you know, lol). He stirred the green batter twice, then gave up to stare at all the pretty presents under the tree.

A bit after Ethan, Jeff came limping into the kitchen, blinking from the bright lights. He then proceeded to try and climb his way up the stove to see what was cooking, so I had to get Scott out of the bedroom and entertain the little guy. He wasn't too happy about that, plus the lure of presents was proving to be strong.

Vanessa came next, chattering up a storm about...well, the storm, and the presents under the tree, and the stockings, and, hey, mom, when are we opening presents? Imagine her not breathing while she's doing this and you'll get the picture, lol.

We actually had to wake Ryan up, as he was too excited the night before and kept waking up. I slept downstairs in the family room with them, mainly to keep them away from the tree. Doesn't mean he didn't try, though, lol.

So breakfast is quickly consumed, and then the frenzy begins. In mere minutes, my living room floor is buried under ripped wrapping paper, discarded boxes, and brand new loot from Santa and mom and dad. Scary. And, all the while, the storm is raging on, with no sign of calming down.

During "playtime" with all of our new toys, the power went off for about half an hour. I'm guessing because of the massive amount of snow that's falling from the sky, but, what do I know. It could be that someone crashed into a power-thingy or other because of the snow. Dunno.

We weren't able to go over to Papa and Tutu's for more gifts until later that day, but if you just take the present opening frenzy of our house and repeat it at their house, you can imagine what happened.

I'll have to post the pictures later.