Waking up early. A red Christmas sweater. Opening presents. Sticking bows on the puppies. Trying to get a non-blurry shot of Claire in her tu-tu and ballerina pajamas. Eating truffles for pre-breakfast breakfast. Calling all the distant family to say Ho Ho Ho, Don't shoot your eye out. Watching the lights twinkle on the tree. Catching the pups drinking the tree water every other minute. Helping Claire open new and thrilling toys. Finding out that Claire's new President Barbie's name is apparently "Princess Gool." Waiting anxiously for little baby girl Thatcher #2 to be born any day now, three days past due date of Monday. Listening to Christmas music and humming along. Eating German pancakes with spiced peaches for real breakfast. Blogging on my brand new laptop from Santa(!!!) Watching A Christmas Story and reciting all the lines along in my head. A Christmas nap. Christmas dinner with ham, potatoes and all the other trimmings but let's be honest, we could just stop at ham and potatoes and be just as happy. Family. Laughter. Piles of puppies. Children. Christmas.
Loving, loving, loving this time of year.
2 comments:
Merry Christmas! Nice work, Santa, on the laptop! Apparently you were very good this year. :) I hope your Christmas is merry and bright. Love and kisses to you and the puppies. Hugs and high-fives to Ian.
Lovely post, dearest Laurel. I know it's a tragedy that I haven't seen all of A Christmas Story, but I do love its classic scenes, and I so chuckled when I saw the card you sent! In case you haven't checked your hotmail account (do you have a newer one you use? I might be way behind), I sent you a message w/photos yesterday after The Great Gift Unwrapping... :)
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