Merry Christmas and happy holidays! The holiday season is flying by quickly this year as we are busy visiting with family and friends. I am trying to savour every moment, but at times I feel like the moments have blown by before I had time to catch my breath.
This year my Mother-in-law, from Calgary, is spending three weeks with us. I know some of you may have groaned when you read that, but I actually enjoy spending time with her. Like any two people, there are time we gets on each other's nerves but for the most part we share conversation and laughs. The time we laughed most was as June was getting into the Subaru to go shopping. I had backed out of the garage so she could get in the passenger side, and as I was moving my things off her seat, she started shouting, "Sue, Sue!" I slammed my foot harder on the break as we'd started to roll backwards. There was poor June, one leg in and one leg out with the car moving! It would not have been funny had she been hurt, but she was okay and we giggled for half the drive to our destination. It was like a video you might see on America's Funniest Videos. I was laughing so hard tears streamed down my cheeks. Finally my son spoke up and said, "Can you two stop laughing now?", not seeing the humour in the situation of June almost getting hurt. June and I still laugh though when it's mentioned!
Today I have to plan my daughter's 9th birthday which is on New Year's Eve! The day she was born was my best New Year's Eve, and gave me a new reason to celebrate the end of another year. This birthday she is having an American Girl party! She received her American Girl doll four years ago from Santa, and this Christmas several of her friends and cousins also received an AG doll! Should be a fairly easy party because when the games are done, they can just play with their dolls.
The one thing I am hoping for this holiday season, before the kids return to school, is a 10cm dumping of snow! The snow we had is almost gone and we usually toboggan at least once in my parents backyard before school starts in January. I keep watching the weather network hoping for news of a blizzard but nothing has been forecast yet. I do love the snowfalls with large white flakes gently falling to create a thick white clean blanket over the ground.
The feeling of slow motion as I fall backwards to make snow angels in the untouched layer of fluff, the coldness of catching snowflakes on my tongue, the kids' rosy cheeks and the dogs playing like pups. This is what I long for today.
Time for a cup of tea!
