...bah humbug, no thats too strong it is my favorite holiday....
Oh wait, that is plagiarism. If you tell me what song the above line came from you will win...absolutely nothing, but I WILL be impressed.
It is snowing. It has been snowing. While I have been whining about not having a white Christmas in a very long time, it could have at least WAITED until Christmas to dump on us.
We had some really cool stuff planned with some really wonderful people. Its storming here and the roads stink so we have decided to play it safe and not go. It was also going to be the first time the kids have ever been to the zoo, among lots of other things they have never experienced. It was going to be really special, and it was going to be a surprise. So, it is a bummer. Whats worse is that Im DONE. I have just about everything done for Christmas, so what now? Just chill I guess and enjoy what I hope is a wonderful Christmas for the kids.
Even though we are not going to do what we had hoped, there will be plenty of firsts here. If you are going to adopt older kids from the system, be prepared to be stunned at how many seemingly "normal" things your kids have never experienced. Since being here, the kids have had sooo many firsts, and it really has been cool to be a part of that.
For instance, my kids have never had a Christmas stocking. I know, probably not everyone does that, but we always have. They have never put out cookies and milk for Santa and have never even wrote a "dear Santa" letter. They have never HELPED trim a tree. We are doing all those things and more. Next Christmas it will be the first time in a long time that they have spent two Christmas's in a row with the same family.
They trimmed our tree. We just sat there and handed them the ornaments. They were so into it too, and they did do a good job. N said, "this is a really good experience for us, because we never got to do it before."
5 comments:
those firsts are forever priceless both the good and the bad ones..I always had to bite my tongue when mine said we did not do that before, because I wanted to say something totally snide about previous homes of theirs..but you can't do that...
Merry Merry 1st Christmas to y'all, love ya girl
Those are the sweetest!
Too Cool... Mamybe next year I will be making the same post.
I remember when V had her first Christmas and she had never gotten to help hang ornaments. It is so sad to think about the things they miss, but I am so excited that you guys get to do so many of the firsts with them!
Mine were 6,6, and 3 and had never been to a movie. Another fun thing is next year when they say "I remember this" so excited because it was so unusual to be in the same place to Christmas' in a ro.
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