Who doesn't love Christmas jammies?
The usual suspects eating Christmas breakfast.Not sure why I chose that as the title of this blog, but thought everyone would be more inclined to read it if it had something juicy in it. It doesn't.
Christmas time really gets to me. I am a sentimental dad, there I said it. It has always meant something special and I have really fond memories of Christmas as a child. I had some great traditions that I hope can carry forward to our kids so they can feel the same way about Christmas as I do.
Traditions that I would like to have every year.
1. Christmas Eve mass. I love getting dressed up and going to mass on Christmas Eve, it is, after all, the entire reason for Christmas. With no small task at hand, Jen and I got all the little ones dressed in their Christmas "fits" and were able to get them in the car and over to church. Luckily, we chose the later mass at Holy Name in NOLA where we were able to get a sweet parking spot AND the boys were very good at church. All the Dietz clan in town was there and it was really nice to get back to church. While not the easiests of tasks, we did it. Note to self - don't go into the nursery again with crawling babies that try to put everything into their mouths (coughing and runny noses, here we come).
2. Aunt Sandy's peanut butter balls. For as long as I can remember, we used to get a package in the mail from Aunt Sandy and Uncle Dave. It always contained the most delicious chocolate covered peanut butter balls. I don't even know what makes them so awesome, but we always got them around christmas and I used to look forward to it every year. I definitely need to get that recipe from her.
3. Christmas lights. I used to always help my mom put up christmas lights around the house and yard in the weeks before Christmas. This year, Owen "helped" me put them up outside. I just kept thinking of Rusty and Clark W. Griswold putting up the lights in National Lampoon's (probably because the movie was on for 24 straight hours) and I am looking forward to having my boys help decorate every year. Note to self - I definitely will be going overboard as the years go on...I just don't think I can help myself.
4. The Night Before Christmas. After Owen was born, I bought our own copy of this book and we have read it the past 3 years. I know they don't really get it yet, but this was something that we always did on Christmas Eve and I think that everyone should read it. This is something that really captures the joy of Christmas for little kids. The look on Owen's face as I acted out some of the parts of the book was priceless.
There are a bunch more, but these are some of my favorites. We had a terrific Christmas with some family and some friends. Unfortunately, we can't always all get together at the same time anymore so we do what we can and make the most of it. Our families have been so good to us in 2009 and we hope that 2010 will be an even better year for everyone.
Merry Christmas from Connisonville - Brett, Jen, Owen, Parker, and Jack.
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