Merry Christmas (Dec 26, 2007)

Mom and Greg left today after a nice five day visit. We spent a lot of time doing nothing in particular, but it was nice to have them here and I am certain they enjoyed seeing Gavin play soccer over the weekend and open his presents yesterday morning. Santa was good to everyone as he suggested he would be when we saw him a few days ago.

Yes, that's correct, Santa came to our house Sunday. He arrived on a big fire truck and brought with him an early present for Gavin: a big fire truck. He also brought Molly a soft Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal, which goes nicely with the decor of her room. It was nice of him to make the early trip to see us and to spend some time with us around the tree. We sent Santa and his helpers (Mrs. Claus and some firefighter friends of mine) back to the North Pole (the firehouse) with some pumpkin bread and a bunch of cookies. Those are some good people: Santa and his helpers.

Christmas Eve we went to the evening children's mass and then to dinner and a nice, little Italian place near our house with Erin's parents and Monica. Molly and Gavin were very well behaved in both places, which is more than I can say for myself. I spent the entire mass counting the minutes until it was over (just too crowded and pretty long). I am not sure how they can call it a children's mass and make it last 90 minutes? Oh well.