Christmas

Didn' realize I was so far behind.  Christmas was different.  Everything felt weird and off.  I think it was the move and all the changes.  I'm hoping this year will be better now that it's starting to sink in that this is home.  We didn't do too much festive stuff because survival has been the bare minimum we can do.  We did go to Aspen's preschool show, pictures and meeting Santa, and the annual parties.  On Christmas Eve we got Chili's to go and baked and frosted cookies.  The kids opened up their new jammies (Owen's didn't fit) and off to bed with to watch their new movie.  This year was a fast year getting things ready for once!  Christmas morning the kids woke up I think between 7:30-8.  They had to wait until the babies were fed to go downstairs.  They hated that but were pretty good.  Kyle tried to keep their interest by breakfast.  We opened our gifts and shortly after Grandma and Grandpa Read came to the house to see what they got.  They were here 10 minutes and then they left.  It was then time to go to my parent's house.  We got there a little later than planned but still beat everyone there.  It was different this year as there were only 3 families.  It felt to quite and less chaotic.  Very unusual for an Allen gathering!  We stayed there for an hour or so then to the Read's.  Since we had already done gifts, we got to enjoy dinner and company.  We didn't stay too late as we were babysitting the next morning.