Amazingly all the presents that I have been laboring over are upstairs, in the attic, under the tree. We decided to only decorate with homemade ornaments & ornament gifts from this current year & its, amazingly, completely decorated. Its small (next year!), but showered by creative little hands! The kids have been up & down, up and down & up & down. They have counted out each others & their own (6 a piece). They have shaken and felt for some kind of a clue. But, amazingly, no wrapping paper has come off! I was anticipating Maverick deciding all the presents were his & finding wrapping paper everywhere, but he could care less. I don't think he gets it, yet. Unless its a veggitale, he might be hard to impress. The other kids are trying to be patient... trying to be good... trying to find things to fill their time, before they run back up to the attic & count out the presents again. I put them all in their own piles, now. Counting should be easier.
Celebrating starts tomorrow with a kick off by the reason for it all ~ Jesus. Our church has a live nativity scene & its complete with real animals. So exciting for the kids. We will have 4 Christmas's in the next 4 days. We start at Mike's families house. Christmas morning will be Mike & I & the kids, then traveling to my brother's house for my mom & dad's Christmas, followed on Saturday by my extended family. Its always busy, but its my favorite time of the year. Mike told me the other night, as I'm wrapping even more presents, that this is when I really shine! This is when all the hard work I do doing the year, getting all the great bargains, working all the monster deals, shopping all the clearance racks. This is the culmination of it all. Presents galore, even in a economic crunch!
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