Aftermath

The house looks as if a bomb went off. Assorted matchbox cars, guns, bugs
and toys littered the living room. New clothes piled neatly in a chair. I
was awakened at about 7am by two little boys excited and grinning ear to
ear. We all went downstairs to check if St. Nicholas had been there. My
oldest got a few lumps of coal in his stocking as a warning to behave
better in school. After that the grand opening of all the presents began.
Paper everywhere, a mad dash to find and hold on to gift receipts,
batteries placed in almost every device know to man. The flurry of activity
lasted for about an hour and then happened again when the grandparents came
by. The kids had a good time , I personally had an exhausting time. Between
the food, the kids and the presents I was done about 3 pm. I think the best
present that I had was a nap at about 4 pm. The only bad part was that my
mom was ill in the last week, so there were no home made tamales this year.
Oh I still had them. There were store bought and not as good, but I don't
think I have ever had a bad tamale.
I hope that you had a good time with your own families. I hope you got
what you wanted if not what you needed. Peace and on to 2008.