Christmas Review

Pictures and video added! More on the upcoming December album!

Get comfy because I feel that this is going to be long one. We had a wonderful Christmas. Things started on Christmas Eve with the arrival of Papa and Gram Meagher just after K. had gone down for a nap. Her whole face lit up when she woke up and saw them, they got a “Hi Gram!” and “PAPA!!!” I’m happy to say that she was as good as gold at Christmas Eve mass and considering it was over an hour and a half this two year old deserves a prize! There was the traditional nativity play and K. did not miss a beat of it. Her favorite? The angels which she referred to as “buh-flies” once she spied their wings.

When we got home Aunt Colleen and Uncle Sven had arrived, so we sat down to a delicious dinner. She learned to do “Cheers!” and every meal after this had to include some toasts (get ready Papa and Gram Coberly!). And for Christmas Dinner the next day we had a perfect center piece coutesty of my sister. The lamp holds a tea light so you can light it up!

Of course, we checked out Santa’s progress, he was in the Azores when we looked. At first Miss K. was just too worked up to go to sleep, she was busy entertaining and being entertained. When I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, her reply was no. However, I explained to her that “Santa Claus only delivers presents to boys and girls that are asleep.” She pondered this for a second, grabbed blankie, said “Com’on Mommi” and was off to her room. I’m not kidding, it happened just like that. I’ve never seen her get into bed so quickly. Once she went down, the assembly began. She must have known that something was up because it took her a while to fall asleep so we had to keep things somewhat quiet.
The next morning (and ok, I don’t care how old you are, don’t you get all excited when you first wake up on Christmas morning?). We brought her downstairs while saying “let’s see if Santa Claus came!” However, Miss K. wasn’t interested in Santa Claus, she was hungry and as far as she was concerned he could wait until after breakfast. She went straight into the kitchen to have a bite, leaving the rest of us dumbfounded. I’m sure that this is the only year that this will happen. Don’t worry; once she had a full belly, it was right to the living room. Presents! Wow, our family got her some great gifts. Each one had to be unwrapped, opened, and played with for a bit before she moved on to the next thing. And I think she’s got the hang of this Santa thing, Christmas night she asked “Presents?” I explained to her that we opened all of the presents, she would need to wait until her birthday before she got more presents.

Christmas card dancing… She loved the card Great Grandma and Grandpa Coberly sent, it had her dancing!

The rest of the time was spent relaxing and hanging with family. Ted and I had the rare opportunity to get out of the house, just the two of us, which was wonderful (and OMG the sales were too good to pass up). Some long overdue date nights are definitely in our future. The decorations are down (thanks for the help M&D!) for another year and the living room is back in its “new” arrangement. I hated to see them come down but I knew if it was either then or the following weekend when I would be completely sick of them. I have a cold…yes if you are counting this is number 3 in about as many months. I don’t know what type of super virus this is but I seem to be the only one who is not immune to it because Ted and Katherine are healthy, the same as with the past two colds.

So what’s in store for us next? Well, the start of a New Year makes folks want to organize, organize, organize and we are included in that group, even the blog has a fresh new look. First thing…Toy Storage. I know that my obsessive compulsive self will only be able to take so much of having the new toys scattered all over the floor. And the number of toys only grows (and grows!) from here so the time has come to find a practical and decent looking toy storage solution. Bookcase? Bin system? Hmmmmm… I also need to start searching in earnest for the “big girl bed” to be purchased this Spring. She’s ready and its time. We’ll be switching out the Classic Pooh decorations for “Buh-flies”/dragonflies (and maybe some Katydids?). I did snag an “oh so cute!” canvas bin at Homegoods this weekend that is perfect for her stuffed animals. The pattern on it is dragonflies.

No big plans for New Years Eve and that is A-OK with us. We’ll probably pop a bottle of champagne and put our feet up in front of a “Rockin’” New Year’s Eve. Ahhhh!