Christmas Video of the Day!
Here’s a triple dose of Christmas music to
take you through until next year – or however long it is before you get around
to reading our journals from next Christmas! ;^)
Ethan:
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Our Christmas Day began too-early for
everyone except Ehlana and me, but we managed to help Mom, Dad, Cassie,
Michael, and May to have fun checking out the contents of our stockings and
opening our Christmas gifts. Cassie and
Michael needed that early wake-up call because they had to be at his house for
breakfast and another round of Christmas gift fun; while we got to keep May and
have breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa.
We got to enjoy a quiet morning; Cassie and Michael were back with us
for our early Christmas dinner lunch; and then we all did some running around for
some Christmas Day visits – which for Ehlana and me included visits with Naomi
and Aiden to exchange gifts with them.
Cassie and Michael had to move on to a
visit with Rowen and Tim that they took May with them for; and then they
dropped her off again and continued on to their next family dinner – this one
with the Bassett side of Michael’s family.
While they were busy, we got to keep playing and had a
comparatively-lazy afternoon; and then we went over to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s
to join in on the Johnson family Christmas dinner. That was a crazy blast of fun – and we got to
do that without the work too; though the parents might think that we got the
worst of that deal because we did have to keep Zack entertained all evening. We still had fun; and got to play with Cassie
and Michael for a while too when they eventually made an appearance after
finishing with the dinner clean-up at the Bassetts and then having a bit of
Christmas fun with the adults in the house on their way up to the play room.
The Moms called an end to our fun by around
eleven o’clock; Mom and Dad took their teens and kids home; and Michael isn’t
staying tonight because he doesn’t want to wake Cassie early when he needs to
go to the Inn to work the Boxing Day breakfast buffet. I’m sure that Cassie is going to take that
alone time opportunity to do some work on her computer, but I’ve had enough fun
for today; so that’s all I have for tonight.
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
Nice job with the recap, Ethan!
I’ve loved sharing May’s first Christmas
with her; and we really did get to have the best of both worlds today with a
combination of quieter holiday fun at home and then visiting the crazy,
big-family Christmas elsewhere – including while joining in on the Johnson clan
Christmas dinner. On the friends’ front;
I can report that Naomi especially loved her gifts from Ethan, and while she
had hugs and kisses for both of us; the versions she shared with Ethan were
definitely more-enthusiastic and not-quite kid-rated. ;^)
Moving along, we really liked the extra
time with Grandma and Grandpa this morning and at lunch; most of us ate way too
much today; and it’s a wonder that I didn’t sleep through the evening play time
and need to be carried – or rolled – home when it was time to leave. I’ve just finished up the bedtime girl chat
with Cassie and May; we had fun comparing notes for the parts of our day that
we didn’t spend together; and now I’m exhausted and ready to rest up so I can
be ready for yet another big shopping day with the post-Christmas sales and the
rest of the fun we’ll have tomorrow.
I’ll wrap this up with my wish that
everyone has had a Merry Christmas; and I hope that the rest of our holidays
will be just as amazing and happy as our Christmas has been once again this
year.
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
