Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Spirit of Christmas

Weeks 10 and 11: Christmas and New Year's flew by so fast this year. We took Stephanie to see Santa for the first time. I never bothered to take her before because I was pretty certain she'd be too timid. But this time she had the support of her cousins. After her bowling party for her 7th birthday, we went up to Merrifield with my sister and my brother-in-law, who had visited the same Santa during his childhood. We were literally the last in line before they closed the door. The wait was about two hours. We sent Mike out on a beverage run. He came back with Bailey's, Jack Daniels, Coke, and a couple of Arby's sandwiches. It sure helped pass the time and made the event more memorable. Not many people I know would have enough daring. It was fun! Another highlight was when my two-year old niece told Santa she wanted a doll that poops. Santa wasn't epxecting that one! Stephanie wanted a Dallas jersey, but when Santa looked over and we shook our heads no, he told her, "I don't think so...this is Redskins territory." Whew, what a save! Quick thinking, Santa. New Year's Eve was spent over at my in-laws. Mike's aunt and uncle were in town. We had a great time. We played a very competitve, slightly drunken game of bowling on the Wii system the family got for Christmas. We hooted and hollered and shot silly string everywhere to ring in the New Year, and topped it all off with a nightcap in the hot tub/spa. Our wet hair froze, but no one seemed to mind. Thoughts of cancer, at least for a little while, receded to the background.

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