Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Happy Holidays 2010!

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!"  Christmas break just finished and I am back to work, but full of memories from an eventful holiday season.
It started off stressful due to my wallet being stolen from my purse at WalMart on the 21st and then a raging toothache the day after (a route canal is in my near future).  Once Christmas came, however, all things were merry and bright.  It was such a joy to see the excitement on Madison's face on Christmas morning.  Jayden didn't quite get the concept yet, but he LOVES his new basketball hoop and is constantly asking us to put him on the play table so that he is tall enough to shoot hoops.  The kids were spoiled by the whole family, as usual, but Madison reciprocated by drawing pictures in all of the family Christmas cards.
Our biggest thrill of the holiday break was successfully potty training Madison!!!  After trying several times, the concept seemed to click for her this time and she has gone a week without any accidents!  We celebrated her achievement by taking her to her first movie theater experience, to see Tangled at Greenback Cinemas.  Jayden got his first haircut the other day, and I'm so sad to have his curls be gone, but he looks so grown up and handsome!  He started out calm during the haircut, but definitely lost it a bit with crying toward the end.  His newest development - counting to TEN!  He is so funny, he'll just count from 1-10 for no reason, or sometimes randomly count things around the house.  My smart little boy.
George had knee surgery on the 29th and will be home for the next week recuperating.  It is his second knee surgery, so we're hoping that this is the last one.

We missed grandma during this holiday season, as Christmas was very much her favorite time of year.  I hope she knows that we think of her often and say hello to her in our nighttime prayers with Madison.

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