Merry Christmas everyone!
We’ve had a great day, and I hope everyone else has as well.
We actually slept late this morning. Mira has been a little sick lately, she’s got a bad cold. Xander knocked on our door this morning around 7:30am. We got up to check on Mira then also, and she was still asleep. We asked Xander if he would be willing to let her sleep as long as she could, since she was sick. He cheerfully agreed. Kate and I were very impressed. We decided he wins the Christmas Spirit award for the day.
Mira woke up around 9am. We headed downstairs and enjoyed a morning of opening presents together. I think it’s more fun watching them opening presents than it is getting them myself. I guess that comes with age and parenthood. In any case, they were very happy with the presents they got this year. And they loved watching Kate and me open ours from them as well.
We had sausage biscuits for breakfast this year. In the past we’ve always done ham biscuits, but we just decided that we’d rather have the sausage in the morning, so we’ve officially amended that tradition, at least for now. Who knows what we’ll be in the mood for next year.
One of the highlights of the day was using the new webcam that Uncle David got us to talk with Kate’s parents and sister in Omaha. It was a treat to be able to see them and for them to be able to see us on Christmas Day. I’m going to have to get my whole family set up with one. We used Skype to do the link up, and for the most part, it worked beautifully. And one of the best parts is that it doesn’t cost anything for Skype to Skype communication. I’d heard of Skype in the past, but never really been interested in it. I’m converted now.
We all had a great day and the kids went to bed mostly happy. Mira was running a little ragged bay the end of the day because of her cold, but she’d had a good day despite a rough time going to bed. Xander was elated with his day. Kate and I enjoyed ourselves too and I hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas like we did.
