12/26/2004 07:52:02 PM|||Chench|||The best thing about my Christmas. . .

The best thing about my Christmas was seeing how excited the kids were to give me presents. As soon as Katherine walked in the door, no, as soon as she got in the car she wouldn't stop talking about the present she was giving me and that I had to open it first. Then, when we got home, she actually followed me around with it until we sat down to open gifts. Gary also was very proud of his gift for me and shoved it in my face. "Open this one Daddy. Open this one Daddy." was what he kept saying. Katherine got me a fuzzy, floppy, white stuffed bear. Gary got me a baseball cell phone holder. He made Kris and I a family calendar in school too.

Later on Christmas night before Katherine had to go back to her mother we had a "family meeting." This meeting centered around the spirit of giving and what the song "The Little Drummer Boy" is all about. Kris and I have had these meetings with the kids a few times before, usually when there was big news like moving to the new apartment and getting married. We're going to try to have them more often, just for the heck of it sometimes.

So, what was the best thing about your Christmas?

|||110410992278960832|||and presents on the tree.