Von Badinski Christmas

Oh my, its been 3 weeks since I posted. Need I say, we have been busy?
So here is an update on our Christmas.

Nic visited Santa at the mall and, well "visited" is kind of euphemism here. He actually saw Santa, approached Santa, and then decided Santa was scary and proceeded to scream his festive little head off. Later that day at a Cost*co he "visited" Santa again in the same way he "visited" him the first time. Oh well, we tried. If I had managed to get a picture of the "visit" it would have matched the picture of my "visit" to Santa years ago. If you think about it though, Santa is a little scary; big man with a beard dress in an odd costume, wanting you to sit on his lap. Under any other circumstances we would tell our children not to get within 50 feet of a person like that. I don't blame you Nic. You may also feel the same way I do about clowns.

Despite not telling Santa what he wanted, Nic received many presents. He got a football, toys that make noise, toys that move, toys that "bark", toys that roll across the floor, toys that he is still too young for and that doesn't include all the stuff he got for his birthday. So much in fact that he can sit on the living room floor surrounded by his toys and give them about 2 minutes of attention each and play for a good amount of time. Got to love the toddler attention span!

Nic saw an aunt, an uncle, a grandma and grandpa, numerous cousins, some second cousins (I think that is the technical relationship) and some other in-laws of various relationships.
It's interesting that prior to Thanksgiving I look forward to the disruption in my schedule for the holidays. I get tired of the usual schedule and want it unusual for a while, but by the time Christmas is done, I am ready to get back to the usual.

Today is New Years Eve! Yippie, we are going to PAR-TAY! OK, maybe not. I think we will have a toast, play with some toys and give a round of kisses and hit the sack - possibly before midnight.
Tomorrow we will welcome 2009 and a whole new set of wonders and amazement from the super baby!