Some Fun Christmas Observations

I thought I'd lighten up my blog and post some fun observations from this Christmas break. Some of these are things I already knew, but they came up again this week. Therefore, they are included here. I wold also love to hear some of the things you have learned from your holiday and family gatherings. Just remember: we are having fun here, so be nice!

1. It is much easier to wait to open your own presents than it is to wait to give other people what you've wrapped up for them.

2. There comes a time when you really wish your kids would admit they don't believe in Santa anymore.

3. Being able to help someone who would not have been able to do so otherwise give their kids a happy Christmas is one of the greatest blessings. Watching your kids be part of that is even better.

4. I get to swim with dolphins in February!!! Another thing to cross off my bucket list :)

5. When you decide to use your brand new toaster oven, remove the plastic bag with hamburger buns from on top of it. If you don't, the bottom of the plastic bag will be tattooed to the top of the oven.

6. You can actually cook raw hamburgers completely in the microwave, and no one will die of food poisoning.

7. If you wear cowboy boots with red plaid flannel pants, blue & green argyle socks and a maroon & gold bulldog jacket, you will get laughed at.

8. If you are a parent who takes a gazillion pictures, and you give your child a camera, they will also take a gazillion pictures.

9. If you cannot throw a frisbee in real life, you will not do well at frisbee golf on the wii, either.

10. Even if I win, I do not like games that I can't understand HOW they work. If I can't do well on purpose, it's just luck, and that doesn't count.

11. Kid noise is much easier to handle when the adults are quiet and the dogs are outside.

12. Trampolines are MUCH more fun to jump on than to put together.

13. We were required to take home ec in school because they knew we would need to put a trampoline net up one day. Who knew learning to sew would come in handy outside in 30 degree temps?

14. Antiques neatly decorating a house are beautiful, but the chaos in an antique store can make your head swim.

15. Little girls really cannot go more than 4 days without seeing their friends and having a sleepover.

16. If you have, at any time, waved a knife in your child's direction, even unintentionally, and/or lost that same child while they were sitting in your lap, you will never hear the end of it at family gatherings.

17. The older your children get, the more delight they get from pointing out the stupid things you have said and done.

18. There are certain people who, no matter where you are, what you are doing or who you are with, are never far from your heart and mind.