The boys slept in all the way until 6:30 on Christmas Day. I know, you are all jealous.
They did the customary line-up and parade into the family room to see what their loot would be …
It wasn’t the biggest and messiest Christmas we’ve ever had, but the boys seemed really happy with their gifts…
I read once that Christmas Day is great and all, but it is always a let down. You spend a month or more preparing and planning and being excited for the “big day” and when it comes, there is a let down. Not because you didn’t get what you wanted or because what you got wasn’t fabulous, but because it means it is over and you have to wait a whole year before it comes again. I thought about that as I watched Ricky. The Kindle Fire the family got kind of snapped him out of it though …
We lounged around and enjoyed our gifts before heading over to Grandmama’s house. She had shoulder surgery just before Christmas, but some of the family was still meeting at her home for lunch. We would have just had her at our house for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, except Ricky was just getting over the flu and strep throat and Rusty had the flu. His fever broke enough that he could go to Grandmama’s but then came back with a vengeance the next day.
There were more gifts to open …
And Tommy faces to make …
And family to visit with …
It was a good Christmas. December was a long month with Kevin working 70 to 80 hours a week or more all month and some of us sick and all the things that come with the Christmas season. But the day was nice.
The boys were tired by that night and Rusty was starting to feel sick again, but I really wanted my “favorite things” picture. The boys got their new jammies on, grabbed their favorite presents of the day, and gathered near the tree. And I tried to get a good picture.
Someday I think they will all smile and look at the camera. Someday.
Mostly I got a lot of pictures of me trying to get a good picture.
These four boys are my favorite present. I like their dad an awful lot too.