The holiday season is at it's peek and we want to wish all of you a happy holidays. We finally have our tree and decorations up, and we are in the Christmas spirit. Last year was the boys first official Christmas, but they were too young to really do anything, so we had a nice quiet day as a family and relaxed. We're all pretty excited about this Christmas, the boys still don't fully understand the concept, but they definitely show joy and excitement which will be fun to see. This year will begin our Watson family traditions. We plan to sleep in as a family (probably all in mom and dads bed), wake up to open the boys gifts while Dad video tapes the ripping of the paper and exciting or curious expressions, we will have a big breakfast/brunch, relax and watch Christmas movies or cartoons, of course play and if it's warm enough we'll plan to go to the playground. It will be a nice, fun and relaxing day in the Watson household and we look forward to it.
We definitely look back on the days of spending Christmas in St. Louis or Kansas City and remember all of the fun memories we have. Having your own family is exciting, but different because now it's up to you to build those fun memories and traditions and take a step back from what you have always known. At times it's a little scary wandering if you are doing all that you really should or want to, but in time we will grow and change as a family and that's the fun of it all. Our traditions include: video taping the opening or presents and Christmas morning, have a big breakfast/brunch, always spending the holidays in our house, as the boys get older discussing the meaning of each holiday that day with some bible study and I'm sure many more to come. So, as we approach this Christmas, we are excited about the traditions and memories we are developing with our family......the ones our kids will look back on and say, "wow, I remember when!"
