Angela Law

We spent Christmas Eve with Brian’s family. His sister and her husband and two boys were in for the occasion. Brian’s mom had to work daylight yesterday, so the cooking duties fell to Jennifer. We had the traditional lasagna for supper and it was quite delicious.

Jake has been bouncing off the walls for a week now because of Christmas. And, I think this is his best Christmas yet. Brian’s parents bought him an air hockey table. They didn’t know he wanted one, but he’s been talking about getting one for months now. You should’ve seen the look on his face when he opened that gift–it was priceless.

Here’s a lesson I learned two years ago…no matter how much Jake says he wants something, don’t bother buying it until November because he will change his mind and want something else by then. This year, he didn’t really ask for anything so I finished my shopping. As soon as I was done, he started talking about how much he wanted a Snow Monster Mega Rig Adventure. He talked about it for weeks. Not wanting to disappoint, we decided to buy it for him as an extra gift. No sooner did that arrive and he changed his mind and wanted the Lego version of Captain Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl. But, I couldn’t really justify buying another gift at this point, so we were just going to go with what we had.

Brian told his sister about it and she went and bought the Black Pearl for Jake even though she, too, was done with her shopping (he’ll be getting his original Christmas present for his birthday, instead). Wasn’t that nice?

I could go on, but I need to get ready for Christmas dinner, which we are having here.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Brian was on the phone with his mom this afternoon. She was talking about what they got Jacob for Christmas this year. While she did not actually say what it was, she was describing the size, weight and such. His dad heard the topic of conversation and got on their other line and told Brian, “I’m not saying what it is, but you might want to pick up some monkey food while you’re out shopping today.”

It’s funny now, anyway. We’ll see if it’s still funny tomorrow.

We kicked off the Christmas season last night by having our friend John and his girlfriend over. His kids had other plans and were not able to make it, so Jake was disappointed. Still, we all had a good time. I put out a nice spread of snacks and we hung out and ate and drank all evening. We’re off to a good start…

I made my third and last batch of cookies this evening, so I guess I’m finally done prepping for the holidays. Bring on the holiday visitors! I did five batches of dog treats this year, too. Though I started baking in November, things still got down to the wire.

And, just in time for the holidays, I’ve gotten myself a cold. Jake has one, too. Nothing major, but still kind of annoying. I always seem to get one over Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Work has been a little crazy this week, so I’m looking forward to Christmas if only for the time off. My company added Christmas Eve to our list of paid holidays, so we get Monday and Tuesday off this year. And, I’m taking the rest of next week off, so I have a nice little break coming up.