We are right smack dab in the middle of the Christmas Holidays.
The time is flying by and we'll be opening presents and wondering where the hell all of our money went in no time....
Here at our house....it isn''t about money (thank god) it's about spending time together....decorating the tree...putting the lights up outside and seeing all of our old ornaments....
BUT with a teenager in the house...we had a new tradition (to us that is) called:
"How fast can we decorate the tree so I can get the heck out of here and go to the movies with my friends"
You know that good ole tradition of the the kid rushing to finish while the mother gets more and more irritated and the step dad goes outside to miss the trainwreck that is no doubt about to happen in the living room.
You know that one all to well don't you, Mom!!!
It's a large dose of reality when just last year she was so excited about decorating the tree; she even baked us cookies. When the cookies were done she got them out of the oven, poured us each a glass of milk AND brought it to us. We ate them with the tree all lite up and watched one of the Christmas movies.
Not this year and I'm sure, now that I think about it, that will probably be the last kiddo Christmas thing I'll have with her and to tell you the truth there's nothing funny about that.
But on the up side as a mother of a teenager I LIVE for moments to make her do things that she isn't thrilled about. Christmas time will just have to become one of those things I force her to do and we'll both appreciate it in the end!!
So with no further ado.....here are some pics of our Christmas
Still working on outside...gotta finish the lights around our big tree!!! More pics to come.
