Yesterday went really fast, our beloved Broncos stunk up Orchard Park New York and lost to the Buffalo Bills, the boys and I had 3 or 4 snowball fights, and before you knew it, it was time to go to Uncle T’s. I had offered earlier in the day to go get Aunt Shelly but apparently her friend was going to give her a ride out to Grandma’s. All that changed around 4pm when I found out her friend bagged out (surprise surprise) and she was planning on taking a cab. I told her I’d come get her so the oldest and I jumped in the car and headed downtown. We picked her up and dropped her at Grandma’s and then I rushed home to change clothes to go to the party.
We made it to Uncle T and Aunt B’s around 5:15 which was only 15 minutes late. First we had to deliver bottles of wine to the neighbors for their Christmas dinners. Uncle T had quite the spread. Sushi, ribs, turkey legs, brisket, all kinds of sides and drinks. Aunt B’s parents where there and we all kind of just grazed like cattle on the food and watched some Christmas shows on tv. Before you know it, it was 7pm and the youngest had his coat and boots on saying we need to get home so Santa would come. We made it up the street by 7:30 and the boys got into the pajama’s. Now the highlight of the evening and maybe the year was when the oldest sat by the fireplace and read the Night Before Christmas to the family. He patiently read each page and then held it up so we could all see the pictures. He would then also add any explanation where needed for his little brother. It was one of those magical moments where time seemed to stop and nothing else in the World mattered. He did a fantastic job and it looks like the torch has been passed. From this year on, he’ll be reading this story to the family on Christmas Eve until his brother is ready to chime in, then we’ll have to alternate years. We then we watched a bit of the Sound of Music and headed off to bed. Soon we were all asleep and it’s now 5am.
The big dog kept us up all night long. The misses was up and down at least 3 times letting him in and out. The oldest just came down (it’s 5:30) and is on the couch with Mom. She’s feels and looks (sorry honey) terrible! Her throat is sore, eyes are puffy, she’s stuffed up, and overall just feels like crap. Now she’s a pretty tough girl so when she says she feels bad, you know it’s really bad! She’s going to take a shower to wake up a bit and then hopefully she’ll feel better. We’re supposed to go up to Grandma’s around 10:30 or 11 which seems like an eternity from now. I remember getting up early when I was a kid too. The oldest is waiting patiently for his little brother to get up which knowing him, could be awhile.
I’m going to sign off now but I’ll jump back on around 9am and give you an update as to what Santa left the boys. (I see two snowboards under the tree from Santa but the oldest hasn’t spotted them yet!), Merry Christmas and God Bless,