It's Cold Outside!

Wow! Is Christmas Day already over? January is knocking at the door? Wow.

Our Christmas was just as we wanted it--Rick was home and we had a big breakfast, watched the kids open presents...we ate a really yummy dinner early in the afternoon and then we all fell asleep on our couch. We slept through Mass! On Christmas!! Of all days!!! Besides feeling incredible guilt and disappointment for missing out on the celebration of our Lord's birth the day was fantastic.

On Christmas Eve I was trying to explain the significance of Christmas to a three year old. Sounds easy? It's not. The conversation went something like this:
Me: "Sarah, tomorrow is C H R I S T M A S. Do you know what
C H R I S T M A S is?
Sarah: blank stare.
Me: "It's a special day that we celebrate Jesus. It's his Birthday.
Sarah: "Ooohh...CAKE!!!!!!!!!!"
Me: "Um, sure. You want to make a cake? We can make a cake for Jesus on his birthday."
Sarah: singing her version of the "Happy Birthday" song.
Me: "Right. It's his birthday, and we'll make him a cake so he knows we thought of him. And do you want to hear the story about how he was born?"
Sarah: "Cake!!!"
Me: "Yes, we'll make a cake. So listen to the story about Jesus and his mommy on the day he wa--"
Sarah: "Make cake now?"

You see the pattern? So I tried to tell her the Nativity story while we made Jesus His cake, but she really was not interested at all except for the part about the animals. I was not discouraged, though...there will be more opportunities. :) I was still very warmed up on the inside from her desire to bake in honor of baby Jesus.

Today I got up extra early (4:30 am) to go to Wal-Mart to grab up all of the marked down decorations. Yup. I'm one of those people. I am so proud of myself--I got lotsa good stuff! My inner dork is thrilled because I absolutely LOVE Christmas decorations!! Next year, the house will be even more decked out!!! Hopefully I will get a chance to put some pics up here soon--I have some cute ones from all the fun stuff we've been doing, despite the chilly weather.