I miss childhood Christmases. Don't you? I miss that excited feeling in my little round tummy (I was pretty chubby as a kid, you guys). I miss the way I believed in Santa...long after I'd been told there was no Santa. I miss the excitement we had when Thanksgiving came around and my parents would bust out all of the ornaments and decorations, and we would hang lights on the tree and string popcorn and we had all of that dusty, tacky old silver tinsel that we would spread out over the tree.
But this year was so quiet, and I miss that excitement and loudness and all the fun of watching the living room fill up with wrapping paper. I miss seeing what my siblings got, and freaking out over a new outfit or a pair of skis. Not because I want my mom and dad to spend lots of money or anything at all like that. I just love seeing how excited people get and feeling excited myself.
Still I can't complain at all. It was a good year. Peyton and I put together his new Knight's Bus... a Harry Potter Lego set (!!! and you know how much I loved that). We sat down on the floor together and we busted those pieces out, and we built ourselves a little bus, complete with Stan Shunpike and Mr. Harry Potter himself. We ate yummy food...mmmm I love turkey and ham and potatoes and such. I love homemade cherry pie. I love homemade rolls.
Oh, and my dad, very very generously, got a gym membership just for me. And heaven knows I needed that membership, so I'm really really happy about it. I think it's my impetus for getting one of my Christmas wishes this year - the healthy wish. The wish that I get into those jeans and finally start feeling better about my body. I actually think it might be my favorite gift ever. I would not have purchased it for myself at this point, but I've wanted one for a long time. So bring on the work outs and the healthy eats...I'm ready!
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