I haven't been keeping up terribly well, so now I'll try to catch up from Christmas to yesterday's 5th Birthday! Phew! That's a lot to do!
Christmas 2009 was what I will dub "sick" Christmas. Jim and I were super sick during Christmas and my Dad managed to catch it as well! My Dad and Jim and Martin went to a Broncos game before they got hit with the sick, so at least they have that.We had as nice a visit as we could with all the coughing and fevers. The kids had asked Santa for a few things and got some and didn't get some of the others.
Martin desperately wanted a Smart Cycle - a bicycle powered video game. NO DICE! Sorry kiddo! Santa read bad reviews and decided against it! Instead he scored a huge Geo Trax Cars Set up with 2 remote control cars to drive on the tracks.
Alison wanted Zhu Zhu pets, but like Tickle Me Elmo from years past...NO CAN DO! The little hamsters that make noise and ride around in their "habitat" weren't to be at Christmas, but we make up for it at Birthday! The other thing she desperately wanted was a "Princess Music Box". SCORE!! We managed that and Christmas was saved!
For New Years We had a group of friends and their kids over and most all of them *gasp* made it to midnight! It was fun to have a little adult fun and conversation and we got to play games and laugh a lot.
All in all, I declare Holidays 2009 a great time!
