From the Daisy Patch

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  We had a really fun day.  At 5, Jack is 100% into Christmas.  It was so fun watching him tear into the presents, look with amazement at Santa’s empty cookie plate, declare with every single gift, “I love it!  I’ve always wanted this!  It’s my favorite!”   But, as it turns out, all he really needed was the $5.99 remote control car my mom got him.  He hasn’t stopped playing with it since he opened it except when all of us forced him to stop because we just couldn’t take it anymore. 

Alice, we finally woke up at 9:15 because none of us could wait any longer to see her to open her gifts (today we woke her up at 10:15 — don’t all 2 yr olds sleep like this?).  She is absolutely my girly girl.  She was a crack-up yesterday in her pink pjs with her pink cowboy hat, her pink tutu and toting around her 3 new dolls everywhere she went! 

Oh, and yes, the packages with all the presents did finally come on Christmas Eve so Scott is out of the dog house!  And he was very happy with the itouch that had been in one of the boxes.  Maybe we are going to finally make inroads into the digital music age (but that would mean I’d have to get rid of the 1991 boombox that we listen to in the office…).

My mom was brought to tears by the iphone my dad gave her.  My brother was so sweet spending most of the day getting her set up on it.  He also tutored Scott on the itouch.  Thank goodness for technology-inclined baby brothers!

Dad loved his little electric gadget that tells him how far away the golfball is from the tee and his present to himself, a new camcorder.  He sat in his office most of the day figuring those out.  It was like electronic overload in the Kenny household yesterday! 

The weather wasn’t the best yesterday for being outside but none of us minded.  The kids stayed in their jammies all day long, everyone played with their electronic toys or dolls, as the case may be, and I, believe it or not, actually spent hours on end scrapbooking!  It was sooooooo wonderful!!!  I am a beyond slow scrapbooker but I managed to create an entire mini album yesterday.  It’s a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law (we’ll see them on Sat).  It’s a heritage album of her parents from 1913-1930′s.  I really love the way it turned out. 

Oh, and the diet is starting today.  I think I’ve been trying to see the fewest number of days it can take to outgrow a pair of jeans.  Apparently it is less than a week.  (Ok, they actually are still wearable, but just barely and I really am afraid to bend too deeply).  I’m toying with the idea of keeping a food and exercise journal on my blog.  If revealing my every bite to the web doesn’t help me monitor what I’m actually putting into my mouth and how much I’m NOT exercising, I don’t think there’s much that will….  Maybe starting on January 1st.

Speaking of the New Year, what resolutions are you making?  Last year I purposely made none as I knew they would be broke in just a few days and I didn’t want to be disappointed in myself.  I think this year I am going to put substantial thought into them and write them here.  Again, I think that might be my best bet for keeping me honest.    I’ll let you know in a few days… And I’d love to hear what yours are!