Christmas 08

Presents all opened. Smiles on some faces. Kids seem to be happy with what they got. Even I did a bit better from the kids this year. I think that they are starting to shop instead of an ex who would have rather not in the past. But what does that all mean? It is just stuff. I miss being around family. This year was great having my parents home for traditional Christmas Eve. Traditional dinner except for the candle lite what up with that? Na it was for Sheri. It was good. It meant alot being around family but missing one.

Christmas morning was pretty much the same. Carson wakes up at 5am and wakes Tris, whom than come down and ask constantly "Can we wake up Casey?' I keep putting them off for I was up at 345am and I feeling the need to dose again. I said "6am is the time. But wake her up gently because she will baulk! " But T does not hear those words and goes in her room singing "its Christmas " at the top or his lungs. Cas screams,"Get out of my room!" And Carson comes sit down by me quietly and says" she not going to get up til 9am now." I said "I told you to wakes her up slowly". Trystin disgustedly comes back to the living room and says "it your turn Car! " Now Carson has to do damage control. Finally after some schmoozing she appears.

This time they all agree on one at a time opening. Wow are they growing up? I get to finally see all their faces when they open their gifts. That was great. It took close to an hour this time. That was fun. After all was said, T buried his face in game boy, Carson went right for the drums with out the head phone and Casey just sat there waking up. I think I did good. I hope I did. We will find out 25 years from now when they are all writing about it or in therapy.

Glad it came, glad to see it done. All together that is all that really matters.