Monday...the First Day Off

I arose early and spent some time cleaning & blogging. Soon after Redonia came bolting downstairs crying. I didn't even realize she was awake. She insisted I needed to get her a doctor's appointment immediately. I called and was given a 2:15 appointment. Soon Redonia's sniffles became quite loud. She was in major pain. Her left ear was hurting and she lost all hearing in the ear. After a repeated call to the doctor's office I was told to take her in immediately. Poor Redonia when she's sick she does it up good. She has a cyst in her left ear. She has been in pain most of the day.

Tonight Redonia grew concerned about our Christmas traditions. She and Trent have always believed in Santa. Each year they unwrap 2 gifts each. One is from their Dad and me and the other is their exchange between themselves. The gift from Kent and me is ALWAYS pajamas. Afer opening the gifts we normally play a game or sit around laughing with one another. On Christmas morning our rule is that the kids can not come downstairs until they let us know. The camera is ready and they walk down the stairs together -usually hand in hand. Their Santa gifts are never wrapped. Santa just places them under the tree. (A tradition we had growing up, too!) Redonia asked when did I plan to give them their 'jammies'. I explained Trent and Calah wouldn't be getting 'jammies'. The tears began to roll....She said that wasn't fair because Trent has always gotten jammies. She felt like he would be upset and regardless she would be 'cause he wouldn't be here to share in our time.

We discussed this year we would have to make some changes. We are blessed to have Trent and Calah for some of Christmas Day. However, we will not spend Christmas Eve with them. Christmas Eve has always been our fun time. This didn't help Redonia's feelings. Kent and I told her she would be getting 'more' than the married kids. We explained her gifts would all be wrapped this year. She wasn't happy! We told her she would get her 'extra' gifts on Christmas Eve after Popsie's birthday party. Then Trent and Calah are coming over Christmas morning and we will exchange with them. We told her she will get her 2 big gifts when Trent and Calah receive their gifts. Of course we will do stockings then, too. This didn't help her feelings.

Redonia immediately called Trent and asked him to come over tomorrow night. Trent has plans and that schedule wouldn't work. The only night they could come over was tonight. So you guessed it... off I went to buy pajamas for Calah and Trent. Previously I purchased the game, Imaginiff, for the kids. Calah, is still getting acquainted with our quirky ways. They came over to open their Christmas Eve traditional gift. Redonia always plays Santa. When she handed Trent the gift he said, "this better be my pajamas or I'm going to be sad!" lol Thank God for Redonia prompting me to do the jamie thing or I would have had a sad married boy! lol Then the three of them opened their shared gift, Imaginiff.

Trent and Redonia immediately changed into their jamies, a family tradition. Then the five of us played Imginiff. Although we were all a little tired and Redonia still sick but we still had a fun time laughing together. Though our traditions are having to change we still plan to hang on to as many of them as possible. I now see the traditions are important to Redonia and Trent, too.

All and all I enjoyed our first day of Christmas break....

Merry Christmas