Round Three

What would our Christmas Eve be like without these three guys? Dull and boring come to mind. Of course, we would make the best of it and claim to have had a wonderful time, not knowing what might have been had these guys been in our lives.

It does not get more entertaining than watching 15 month old Liam opening his first Christmas gift. Actually, he was at the fire hall a few days ago and got to open a gift there so he had a general idea of what to do. His mom commented that she might finally have a son who would keep his room clean and tidy, when we observed him putting every little piece of wrapping paper in a garbage bag before revelling in what was under the wrapping. The excitement, curiosity, wonderment, and exuberance was a pure joy to watch. He catches on very quickly to the various knobs, buttons and levers, and very quickly determines which ones enable his favourite noise, music, or action.

We are truly grateful to have such a wonderful family and to have them close enough so sharing birthdays, Christmas, and any other excuse to get together, is very easy.

We were all together both Christmas Eve and later on Christmas Day. We also had my aging father for dinner and the evening on the 25th. Everything went well and now we are gearing up for round three. Busylizzy has the gift of hospitality and she is not happy unless she is entertaining and cooking for gangs of people on a regular basis, so, today my two sisters and the whole family of one of them will be the beneficiaries of all the efforts.

Then, tomorrow, it is round four. More on that later.