For Christmas 2008 Family Shauan is staying in Monroe, NC. This is the first Christmas that I've been away from my parents since 1999. But I was in la la land then... drunk on love! I went to visit Wayne in SoCal for a week to see what his world was like. That was when we started planning our life together. Here we are nine years later, trying to "plan" special holiday traditions for our family. So as long as God allows, here's what December 24th will look like for our family (these things can happen at any location though).
After dinner we went out front and Avery sprinkled the yard with reindeer food for... well, for the reindeer. Actually he doused the yard with the food. He wants to go on a special ride with the reindeer. The funny thing is he knows the gifts that have been under the tree for several days comes from family and friends, not santa. He knows santa won't be coming tonight, but I'm pretty sure he thinks there will be an appearance by some reindeer. So then we came inside and Wayne read the book "Room for a Little One - A Christmas Tale" by Martin Waddell. After that we "unstuffed" the stockings. Avery stuck his arm in several times to make sure it was really empty. Next we watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (Not sure if that will be the movie that makes the yearly tradition). Finally it was jammas time! So now all the boys are tucked in bed, I'm watching "It's a Wonderful Life", and sipping Apple Cider. Tomorrow new traditions begin as well. But that's another post. Merry Christmas!
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