Dec. 27, 2005 - Happening's of the day.....
dd (dear daughter) 9 is playing the Gameboy (w/out permission I just noticed!), ds (dear son)12 is reading a book to go with a new computer game (he'll read anything asscoiated with a game), ds 3 is playing with his new dinosaur set, and dd 8mos is chewing on ds 3's shoe. She was playing with her new baby band toys, but I guess the shoe is more exciting now. OOPS! she just heard ds 3 playing the harmonica and she's off crawling as fast as possible to track him down! ( I learned a few minutes later that playing the harmonica in my room was his plan to wake up daddy so daddy could untangle his slinky.)
This Christmas was nice, though it was tiring for us. I had been trying to focus on changing our gift patterns. I really enjoy the concept of each child receiving 3 personal gifts modeled after the gold , frankincense, and myrrh that Christ recieved. Now some model the 3 gifts somewhat after the values of the items given to Christ. In other words, varying their expense. We did not worry about that. We actually did not plan it to happen that way this year either- it just did, though I don't mind. They did get a number of family gifts, game boy games, computer game, 2 games appropriate for the 3yo, a season of Little House on the Prairie. I'm sure a few items escape me. I was pleasantly suprised that there was no fussing whatsoever. :) I really want the focus to be Christ, and not greed. I want all of us to enjoy the season not for what we get, but the joy of being with family and/or friends. I want the joy to be in relationships, not of things.
There is a sad note- dh's (dear husband's) cat , Trouble, who is as old as our oldest child is dying. She is very weak and won't eat and has been ailing seriously for a week. She had been dropping weight a bit, but we thought it was a parasite or something. We had her de-wormed, but it had no effect. She's always been a hider, coming out in the evenings for dh to pet her, so her condition was not apparent as readily as if she stayed more in the open. Dh is going to have to take her in to the vet perhaps even today. For her sake it ought to be today. It is a hard thing for dh. Trouble has been through 7 moves with us in almost 13 years, flying from NYC to CA round trip 3 times, I think. (Dh did take her in and he's now pretty sad. We all are.)
Time to to run take care of little ones and get ready for my dental appointment ~yeah~
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Dec. 29, 2005 - Glad you finally got some rest
Posted by Jimmie
