The little man didn't seem up to par today. He fell asleep early in the afternoon on the couch. That allowed me a small nap, which I liked. He perked up a bit after that and we got a few groceries. Amazing how much doesn't happen when one of us feels a little under the weather.
Cassie had called the night before and talked to the little man while he was in the tub finger painting the walls. Said she would call back today to talk to Audrie, but she didn't. I'm sure she just got too busy. She had asked him about all of his gifts and said it a couple of times that he had to have gotten a lot of gifts. I'm hoping that her saying that makes him feel like he got "a lot" of gifts and not pointing out that he did not get "a lot". I'm sure Jazzlynn did. They had a couple of big gatherings. We did not.
Audrie and Connor live in a household of three. Our family consists of Grammy and Uncle Pat and sometimes Daddy. We live with a budget that we stick to. And our life is not all about how much stuff we can get. So each kid on Xmas got a Santa present, a wonderful gift from Uncle Pat that they loved, three gifts from Nana and a gift from each other. The littles opened their gifts and loved them. And it was enough. They still have a gift from Grammy to open when we have Xmas with Grammy. Nana Nita had sent them money and they bought a toy. Mommy sent them $20 and they will have fun spending the money, and won't have a concept of what that really is or compare it to what Jazzlynn may have gotten. Thank goodness.
So I'm glad we did the memory things for the season. We rode the polar express, drove around looking at lights, watched the Christmas boats, baked a lot of cookies and watched Christmas shows. We spent time together doing things together. And when the littles are grownups they will remember the things we did and won't be able to tell you what they got for Christmas 2016. They did get a lot, not just presents. Sometimes I have to remind myself of that also.
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