Sunday, December 27, 2009


Some good memories from Christmas:

  • The whole family rolling on the ground laughing during a game.
  • Zach getting a bike from Santa and exclaiming, "I love my new bike!" He is exponentially getting better and now cruises around the island in the kitchen at full speed. He wears a helmet for all those times he steers into the countertop.

  • Running around the neighborhood collecting my Christmas Eve dinner that was cooking in my neighbors' ovens.

  • Always having people around to play games with. The fun ones this time around: Time's Up, Carcassone, Small World, and Puerto Rico.

  • Zach's cousin telling him not to be scared during a sleepover because "you have us".

  • Bucket brigading the presents from upstairs to downstairs and hearing the grunting as people passed them down the stairs.

  • Zach saying he wanted birthday cake for Christmas because it was Jesus' birthday.

  • Halle having a chili potato for the first time and now refusing to drink formula. She is her father's daughter.

  • Zach telling me that he wants to always wear his pajamas. We lived in them over the holiday and now Zach thinks that's the norm.

  • Laughing with my SILs during Girl's Night and being grateful to have married into such a wonderful family.

  • Zach rubbing my head and telling me I'm a good girl.