Posts Tagged ‘Xmas’
Belated Xmas Wrap Up!
It’s taken me a little longer than last year to write a Christmas round up, well, mainly because the post Christmas-I’m-fed-up-with-anything-Christmas feeling I get lasted a little longer than usual. Don’t get me wrong, we had a wonderful and happy Christmas with family and friends. Things couldn’t really have gone better, but I think the Xmas burn out is due to the fact that this year was Sam’s first real Christmas. Last year, he was like a bump on a log, sitting and watching all the merriment and traditions happen around him. He barely touched some wrapping paper. This year was a completely different story. He’s almost two, and the hyper-active, ever inquisitive little guy was fully in the Christmas spirit: which burned us out!
That time of Year!
It may be a little early for some people, but Melissa and I love the holiday season, and poor Sammy has been dragged into it. Until he can defend himself, he won’t have a choice but to submit to our month long festive mood. This weekend, we are putting up the tree and whipping out the almost embarrassing amount of decorations we have. And, yes, it takes about a whole weekend to get everything up. We completely fall into the spirit of the season. which is great especially since this will be Sammy-boy’s first Christmas! Which means he won’t remember squat about it… come to think about it, he won’t remember the first few Christmases. But we will, so on with the festivities!
A good sign that the holiday mood is in the air, is that a local radio station starts playing wall to wall Christmas music. Last year, they started three days after Halloween, which is a little nuts and wholly illegal if you ask me. Drag the station manager into the street and shoot him… as Garfield would say. This year, they started mid-November, which is borderline legal, no executions! Melissa turned on the music tonight and we we dancing and singing along with the songs, with Sammy laughing and smiling all the while! Totally in the moment, I ran downstairs and dug through the decoration boxes until I found my Santa hat.
Lets do the math here people: one Santa hat + one baby = good times! But it also equals one tough picture to take! Here’s our first efforts, but I’m sure we’ll get more opportunities as December rolls out…
Take it easy, and thanks for reading!