We had such a great Christmas! It's always so great to have everyone together, although we did miss my cousin Heidi, her husband Dwight, and baby Harry. But we had a great time playing "the game," with a few different rules this year. The hot items of the year were a reusable shopping bag, a snowman picture frame and a mini bottle of Patron. Jackson was interested in the gifts, mostly the ones that weren't addressed to him. But he also loved the bags and tissue paper.
I think it was my brother who referred to it as the "Christmas hangover, " but I totally agree, the day(s) after Christmas are kind of a bummer. And with a yucky, stuffy cold, it's even worse. With 20 people, 3 dogs, a 3 year old and a 1 year old, well, there was a little bit to clean up. And that's after my Mom spent the better part of Monday cleaning! YIKES!!
Cleaning with a stuffy head and sick toddler on your leg is not ideal. Luckily, Great Grandma came through with the tissue reserves on Christmas! Everytime I turned around someones nose needed to be wiped, so much so that by Thursday, Jackson was grabbing his own tissues and wiping his own nose!
But we did a little bit each day and by New Years Eve we had almost all of the decorations down and the house cleaned up. I told Matt, I think the last time I spent this much time in my pjs was the week Jackson was born! And I think this is the first New Years I haven't made it to midnight!
That's OK though, it just makes my resolution that much easier: make it to midnight next year! And so far, 2012 is off to a great start! Our Ducks are Rose Bowl champs, our household is healthy (well, almost), Jackson gets more and more fun each day and we are so excited for all of our adventures this year! Hope you'll join us!
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