Post-Christmas Post
Dec. 26th, 2009 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudI did end up finding the Christmas Spirit. He was just terribly tired and worn out and had crawled into a dark hole to hide out and rest. He emerged partially on Christmas Eve, with much crankiness, and crawled back in to sleep until Santa had flown by. He emerged on Christmas Day in a somewhat festive mood.
The grandtoddler wasn't as much into unwrapping presents as we expected. He'd unwrap one and then just want to play with that toy instead of going on. I couldn't help but think maybe that was the spirit of non-commercialism at heart. "Just give me one toy and I'm happy," he seemed to be saying. And the rest of us were like, "But wait. You have more presents. Here, toss that toy aside and open another one. And then another. And another." The toy I bought him as an afterthought, not sure he'd like it all, was his favorite. A little Fisher-Price tub of tools that turns into a little workbench, just made for his age. He hammered and hung the tools and loved it. I thought the wooden train set would capture his attention.
After that we went as a family to our friends who always have an Open House with clam chowder and menudo. I ate desserts. Then the hubby and I left at 3 pm for the coast. Today it's cloudy and we've already had a sprinkle. I hope it rains hard, we certainly need it. We've been to the nursery to buy a new plant, now he has to dig out the old one! We've been to the grocery store and are ready to settle in for the next week and relax.
I hope to get some writing done. What else was I going to post about? Ack! It was something! Well when I recall what it was I guess I'll post again.
The grandtoddler wasn't as much into unwrapping presents as we expected. He'd unwrap one and then just want to play with that toy instead of going on. I couldn't help but think maybe that was the spirit of non-commercialism at heart. "Just give me one toy and I'm happy," he seemed to be saying. And the rest of us were like, "But wait. You have more presents. Here, toss that toy aside and open another one. And then another. And another." The toy I bought him as an afterthought, not sure he'd like it all, was his favorite. A little Fisher-Price tub of tools that turns into a little workbench, just made for his age. He hammered and hung the tools and loved it. I thought the wooden train set would capture his attention.
After that we went as a family to our friends who always have an Open House with clam chowder and menudo. I ate desserts. Then the hubby and I left at 3 pm for the coast. Today it's cloudy and we've already had a sprinkle. I hope it rains hard, we certainly need it. We've been to the nursery to buy a new plant, now he has to dig out the old one! We've been to the grocery store and are ready to settle in for the next week and relax.
I hope to get some writing done. What else was I going to post about? Ack! It was something! Well when I recall what it was I guess I'll post again.
