We were watching holiday-appropriate movies, like Inglourious Basterds and The Hangover. Mhmm.
We woke at a reasonable time on Christmas morning because for some reason, teenagers don't run shrieking into your room at 5 a.m.
It was a Christmas miracle that we were all up by 8 a.m., opening presents beside our Charlie Brown tree. The stand broke a couple nights ago, and we found our tree splayed across the living room. I came up with the idea of plopping the thing in a big planter and wedging it in there with towels. It's being held up by the wall at the moment, so we try not to sneeze too hard near it.
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Our boys received some clothes, which they are actually old enough to appreciate. Our youngest son got an MP3 Player and a digital camera. He's a whiz with taking creative photos. Our oldest got what he'd hoped for -- DJ Hero.
Lady, our pooch, will not let her new lobster chew toy out of her sight.
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And Jaz, our 17-year-old cat couldn't possibly care less about her new toy mouse, but the dog went after it once. (Poor mouse.)
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I got hubby a CD, guitar books and a promise of a trip to Austin, TX to check out the music and literary scene this summer. (Thanks to those Austinites who helped me with planning!)
Hubby got me a PURPLE IPod Nano. It's so cool. Did I mention it's purple? And he gave me a bunch of books that only a writer could love . . . and I do.
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up by Julia Eccleshare.
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book by Anita Silvey.
House of Cards (Love, Faith and Other Social Expressions) by David Ellis Dickerson, because as some of you might know, I used to work as an editor at a greeting card company and have since sold greeting cards to many companies.
We also opened cool gifts from faraway family. Wonderful, thoughtful gifts that made us all smile.
Then I took a stroll with a friend at a nearby park and had an amazing holiday gift -- I saw two manatees! They are the coolest, biggest, most gentle creatures. And we haven't seen any manatees for years. If you want to help save the manatees, this is a great organization to support.
Then, after all the planning and preparing, it was over . . .
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Hoping your holidays were filled with joy and peace . . . and, um, manatees.
1 comment:
Lovely!!! The Austin trip sounds fantastic!
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