The 2010 holiday season has come and gone. It was yet another reminder of how many wonderful people that we have in our lives. We had the chance to spend time with many of those people, and for those that we did not, we were still thinking about you.
As much work as it can be to prepare for the holidays, we often find in our house that there is also a lot of work to be done afterwards. Fortunately, Billy had the week off of work to complete much of that work. He put away all of our Christmas decorations, reorganized Audrey's room to make space for all of the new toys she got for Christmas, reorganized the storage unit to make space for all of the baby items that we are no longer using, and did a thorough cleaning of our house after he got everything put away. Now, we just have to help Audrey learn where to put all of her toys when she puts them away.
Much to Billy's pleasure, Audrey has taken a keen liking to all of the Legos that she got for Christmas. She has almost an entire farm community, including two tractors, animals, and lots of Lego people. She is still very much a girl, as evidenced by her attachment to the 3 baby dolls she got for Christmas and her Bitty Baby. She likes to put them in the shopping cart and stroller that she got and push them around. On Christmas day when Audrey opened the stroller, she put her baby in it and refused to open any other gifts. We did finally get her to open the remaining presents, but as soon as she was done she immediately returned to pushing around her baby in the stroller. Since we got home though, Audrey has actually shown great interest in all of her new toys, which means we have toys all over the house by the end of an evening at home. Santa brought Audrey a recorder, maracas, and a tambourine that she is starting to play with more. The instruments are a good way for her to start learning about music, but they are also a good way to make a lot of noise. I don't think Santa thought about that when he decided to bring her those gifts.
A year ago, I wrote a post contemplating whether 2010 would be as big as 2009. It definitely was a year that brought us many surprises, but I think I am realizing that it is silly to compare. Each year is a gift from God that will bring new experiences, some good and some bad. We will remember, learn from, and retell those experiences long into the future, but each one is valuable because it is the sum of them that makes us who we are.
As much work as it can be to prepare for the holidays, we often find in our house that there is also a lot of work to be done afterwards. Fortunately, Billy had the week off of work to complete much of that work. He put away all of our Christmas decorations, reorganized Audrey's room to make space for all of the new toys she got for Christmas, reorganized the storage unit to make space for all of the baby items that we are no longer using, and did a thorough cleaning of our house after he got everything put away. Now, we just have to help Audrey learn where to put all of her toys when she puts them away.
Much to Billy's pleasure, Audrey has taken a keen liking to all of the Legos that she got for Christmas. She has almost an entire farm community, including two tractors, animals, and lots of Lego people. She is still very much a girl, as evidenced by her attachment to the 3 baby dolls she got for Christmas and her Bitty Baby. She likes to put them in the shopping cart and stroller that she got and push them around. On Christmas day when Audrey opened the stroller, she put her baby in it and refused to open any other gifts. We did finally get her to open the remaining presents, but as soon as she was done she immediately returned to pushing around her baby in the stroller. Since we got home though, Audrey has actually shown great interest in all of her new toys, which means we have toys all over the house by the end of an evening at home. Santa brought Audrey a recorder, maracas, and a tambourine that she is starting to play with more. The instruments are a good way for her to start learning about music, but they are also a good way to make a lot of noise. I don't think Santa thought about that when he decided to bring her those gifts.
A year ago, I wrote a post contemplating whether 2010 would be as big as 2009. It definitely was a year that brought us many surprises, but I think I am realizing that it is silly to compare. Each year is a gift from God that will bring new experiences, some good and some bad. We will remember, learn from, and retell those experiences long into the future, but each one is valuable because it is the sum of them that makes us who we are.
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