Merry Christmas

Normally, I get really stressed out over the holidays. I seem to pick up on everyone's nervous energy, and it also distresses me to see how badly some people get the "Gimmes". Presents are nice, but even if you're not religious, there should be more to Christmas than who got the biggest box.

However, this year I'm looking forward to it. Wyatt seems to really get things this year, and has been reall yexcited about the Christmas preparations. We put up a tree and lights, and have been present shopping. He got a real kick out of visiting Santa once he realized he was the one who delivered presents.

I have everything wrapped and sitting in my closet waiting for bows and ribbon. Growing up, my parents waited to put presents under the tree until Christmas Eve, so it was a lot of fun waking up and seeing presents there. I'm not doing stockings because I ran out of time to knit some but I am going to leave some candy in their shoes and tell them it's from Santa.

We aren't doing anything terribly fancy on Christmas, since all our friends have moved away. We're just planning on lying about, watching movies, and eating Mexican food. I have lots of new sock yarn to play with :) .

Today, I'm taking Wyatt to the local indoor pool since admission is free from 10 am to 3 pm. Jason's not keen on swimming and there's no way I could watch both of them by myself so he's keeping Mal. It'll be nice to have some alone time with Wyatt. I try to make sure I have time with him each day but it's hard to fit it in sometimes because Mal gets so jealous. I think I'm doing ok at sharing my time with the kids considering I grew up as an only child. I suppose it's a learning process.

Well, I'm off to do some straightening up, Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate. :)