Christmas

christmas day was a day like any other except that the store was closed and the boys had a soccer game. it was more of a special day on christmas eve. we had a fiesta for the children in church and had a piñata with juice and cake and games and church afterwards. the new pastor is awesome with kids and he invited any and all of the children to invited Jesus into their hearts and lives and about 15 little ones did. it was so awesome. it was a lot of fun. i heard that they only eat tamales for christmas and i had discovered that i really didn't like them so i bought a bag of chocolates (what can i say it was a first but they were so good it won't be the last) to stash to eat for when everyone was eating tamales. there were several treats bought that day, ice cream, popcorn, and i thought maybe we would all be pigging out on junkfood and i would share my treats when we did. it was getting late and nothing was happening in the kitchen so i went out to see. everyone had been eating their individual treats themselves and there was no dinner. i ended up making dinner for everyone at 8.30. later on they gave me a christmas present and i gave them theirs. well. there is no more difference in the wide eyed excitement of little boys than there is in big boys. i wasn't sure how it would go over but i was thrilled at the enthusiasm over the dart board. it wasn't even $6.00 but for them it was unbelievable. we were killing ourselves laughing for hours. and those that weren't playing darts were playing uno and we've been playing both ever since. at 11.30 the stereo was put at the front door and the music was cranked and we danced and laughed. at midnight everyone went to bed.

for people that are not used to getting a present at christmas it was pretty cool. muscle shirts for all the boys was a huge hit. $60 total - the cheapest christmas i've ever had and yet very joyful. no one wondering if there was more, if that was all there was. it was pretty cool. one i'll never forget.

i hope you all had a joyful christmas and wish you all a happy new year.