Christmas is over. Call me a Scrooge, but I get annoyed when Christmas begins in September. You know what I’m talking about. You walk into Wal-Mart to get school supplies and you have to walk past the inflatable Santa’s to find the backpacks. Ridiculous!!! Nevertheless, I’m always sad to see it go. This year was especially fun.
Levi really got into the whole Santa thing. He made his own decorations around the house, got all excited about our Christmas tree and the lights in our yard. Christmas Eve we watched The Polar Express while eating popcorn and drinking hot chocolate. He left a note for Santa asking him for a football helmet, which Santa delivered along with a truck for Titus and a walk-behind toy for Seth to go along with the 10 bajillion gifts the boys got from Nana, Poppy, Aunt Karen and Uncle Greg, Gram, Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Peyton, Aunt April and Uncle Jeff, Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Doug, Great-Grandma and Great-Granddaddy, Great and GrandMoe, and Mama and Daddy. Our toy inventory was raised by approximately 500%!!! In addition to toys, Christina and I cashed in on a new espresso machine, a kitchen cabinet-mounted CD player, the Perfect Pushup, and generous amounts of cash.
Nevertheless, I’m sad Christmas is over. The gifts were great, but I loved when my side of the family came to Houston on the 21st to eat, open gifts, and ride the church bus around town looking at Christmas lights. We then all went to San Antonio, stayed at a hotel on the Riverwalk, and spent Tuesday at Sea World. It was one of the best Christmas’ our family has had together.
I also loved going to Belton to be with Christina’s rather large family (large in number, not in size). We spent an afternoon at Putt-Putt golf and games riding go-karts, bumper boats, swinging in the batting cages, putt-putting, and playing video games. It was a blast.
For me, that’s Christmas. I thoroughly enjoyed my gifts, but I loved being with family even more.
At least Wal-Mart’s back to normal.
What were your Christmas highlights, Blogland?
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