We send a photo card every year. Love this one - great "time capsule" for 2007 as all the kids are wearing rock and roll band hoodies. This year marks the first time we all attended a concert together. They are sitting on the new deck.....five years ago it was only a concrete landing.......
Times flies, doesn't it? Here's a cute thing: this morning Peter asked me if I was going to make a cake. It's been our tradition to have birthday cake on Christmas. We take baby Jesus from his manger and put him on the cake. The one thing kids understand is birthdays and presents, right? I thought it would be a good way to remind them of the real meaning behind the celebration. I love it that our 17 year old wanted to be sure we were doing it again.
I said this last year and it's worth repeating: I wish you a Merry Christmas. And with that I don't mean to be insensitive to the other holidays that are celebrated at this time of year. I hope that you GET that I'm really wishing you a Happy whatever-it-is-you-celebrate. The intended message is not necessarily about Christmas, it's wishing you and your family the joys of the season, whatever it is that you honor.
EDIT: I meant to give a review of Sweeney Todd. Saw it last night. It did not disappoint - VERY fabulous. Yes, there was blood....but in an almost comic book way. Cinematography was brilliant, as was Depp. HBC was funny, in a dry, you-must-be-British kind of way. Swooning.
