The First Christmas

Merry Christmas! Now that the holidays are almost past. I think it is time to talk a little. I have a lot of things on my mind. And alot of them have been brought to mind due to the holiday. I love halloween, because you get free candy and you can dress up and have fun . And then theres Thanksgiving, a time to make good food and be thankful for what you have. I love thanksgiving. Yum food. But then again I do love food. And then there is Christmas. I love and dislike this holiday all in one. Holidays have been so commercialized it all about selling product and not the meaning of the actually holiday. Speaking of that I heard a lady back in September talking about the 9/11 three day weekend. Umm that is not why you get 9/11 off you are supposed to remember what happened that day. Anyways back on topic . I spent alot of my holiday season trying to figure out what to get my husband and what toys to get caspian. But really what I really should of been focused on was more on the meaning of Christmas rather than the presents. Though I have to admit I love being a giver. I love being able to make and buy stuff for the people I love. This year I made "burnt" orange marmalaide .. Let me tell you me and marmalaide are not very good friends. However stressful it was to make them i still enjoyed doing it. And then at last minute throwing something together for Ali and Frank because they both deserve more than just marmalaide for Christmas. I enjoy it. But in the years to come I want Caspian to know the meaning of Christmas is not waking up to open presents but to celebrate the birth of Christ. I still want to buy him gifts but i don't want an over abundance of stuff. There is no need. On to the topic of toys. Thank you to the companies that make good ole fashioned toys and not those abnoxious ones. Looking around trying to find what to get an almost 11 month old is hard. We don't have alot of space and he is usually happier with plastic bottles than his toys . So I was going through and buying some small things trying to think of that one big item i would like to get him. I was hard so much stuff you really don't need. We ended up getting him a xylophone. And he loves it. No batteries required. I mean how many toys do they really need. I would rather have books. Awe, we got Caspian a nice leather bound copy of the Chronicles of Narnia. I really hope he loves it. I am glad that the hussel and bussel of the holidays are over. Maybe my kitchen will actually start to be clean some one .... instead of being full of dirty dishes from baking and stuff.. And being to busy to actually clean them. My days off were spent running earrands and everything in between. It will be nice not to have to run all over the world. Though with the new year around the corner there are alot of other thing instore for us this year. Caspian turns one in a month ish, we are also getting him baptized. I turn 24. We will be married for 2 years. And maybe we will be able to buy us a house. I am excited for the new year and am glad it is here. Lets pray that this year will be wonderful one and may God bless us. Merry Christmas everyone.