The last few days have been very busy trying to fit in things before Brian & Joy leave to return to England. In the last few days we have been to the factory outlets in San Marcos, the Trail of Lights in Austin (which made our little boy starry-eyed), Suzi’s Chinese Kitchen on South Lamar, World Market . . . and Friday was just a lazy day, much needed. Kept Joy in her dressing gown cuddled with Jonathan on the couch until 10:30 a.m., and in the afternoon she and Brian took Jonathan down to the park on his bicycle. The only time I left today was to go to Antonio’s to pick up dinner. Other than the 5 loads of laundry I did, it was heaven.
Tomorrow is busy busy busy too—gymnastics and Barnes & Noble for Dale, Jonathan, Brian, and Joy while I stay home to wrap presents and do a couple of other things in preparation for our early Xmas on Sunday. Since B&J leave on Tuesday, and we never get to open our Xmas gifts together, at Dale’s suggestion we are going to have our own special Xmas before they leave.
We will get up Sunday morning and open presents while eating homemade beignets (a tradition started with my parents the first Xmas Jonathan was born), then we will go have brunch somewhere nice to get ourselves stuffed while avoiding me having to cook & Brian having to wash up; the afternoon will be spent playing with our new toys, I guess, and then in the evening we’ll go see some Xmas lights (either in the neighborhood or go down to 37th Street) and then have a Xmas tea at home. We are all looking forward to it very much, and it will be a real treat to get to see delight on the faces of Dale’s parents as they open their gifts, plus I think it will be really nice for them to watch Jonathan opening gifts and enjoying them.
Posted by elizabeth at December 14, 2002 12:26 AM