As I write this my oldest son is downstairs drinking English Teatime tea, eating pumpkin bread and making Christmas cards. I just polished off my pumpkin bread and switched my pandora station to Christmas music. I have broken down and broken my, as of yet, life-long rule that I will not play Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. I couldn't help it. It's getting cold and gloomy outside, it's warm and cozy inside and there's something about Christmas music that instantly seems to bring warmth and comfort.
It probably didn't help that this morning as we were traipsing through our local major department store they kept playing Deck the Halls and advertising so many of the things you "can't live without" this holiday season. Warren and I spent most of the time singing our conversation to the tune of Deck the Halls. I'm pretty sure me and my boys (and my husband) all belong in a musical since that is usually how we spend most of our time. We often break out into song and sing whatever is happening at the time. At one point when Warren was a bit younger I heard him singing about his little people to the tune of The Doxology. So there we were today the cereal aisle discussing what cereal we would be bringing home to "Deck the Halls".
I'm striving hard not to get overwhelmed with what seems to be crammed into such a small amount of time. It seems that no matter how hard we try it's like jumping onto an out of control train and holding on for dear life. I'm already dreading the family picture that accompanies a brief summary of our lives and accomplishments this past year. Ever since we had kids the family picture went from a blissful couple getting a quick shot to countless photo shoots only to scrap them all and start over. Yes, I can see why people transition to just taking pictures of their kids for the Christmas card (that's intense enough) but we still insist on getting us all in the picture. I just want to make sure that people know that these kids aren't raising themselves. When we say "Greetings from the Trice family" that the Trice family is actually in the picture. In order to accomplish this we might come close to killing each other, but so far we have managed to produce something acceptable and I'm sure this year will prove to be the same.
So I'm jumping on and getting ready to hold on for dear life. Hooray for Christmas music, egg nog, hot chocolate and snow.
(Note: the picture at the top is from last year...we have not gone quite gone that far and will wait to get our tree until after Thanksgiving)
4 comments:
Mary, I was JUST talking about Christmas pictures with my mother-in-law today! I was saying how I think it's weird when my friends send family Christmas cards with just their kids in the pictures. I always think, "You're my friend. Why don't you put yourself in the picture, too?!?!?" I'm kinda stuck on the mom and dad being in the Christmas picture and not just the kids...
Mary,
I'm glad you feel that way about the whole family being in the Christmas picture. I am determined that ours will always have the parents, too! I enjoy seeing everyone when I get those newsletters in the mail.
Oh no, you mentioned egg nog! Now I am craving it and will have to buy it next time I'm at the grocery store! One of my favorite things about this time of year! haha :)
The whole family in the picture thing is my preference, too, but I will say that if it's that or kill someone, definitely just include the kids. ;-) Two weeks post-partum and fresh out of the hospital I felt justified in just including the kids. No one really wanted to see me that way...
And to be honest, I don't think I knew people had such strong opinions about it until you mentioned it last year, so I'm glad to know. This year, people will be pleased. Now if I can just get it all in the mail...
oh, glad you explained that the tree was from last year. When I saw the picture first I about flipped! We miss you guys!
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