So I said that I was so not sure where to start. I have not been on the blog for a long time and a lot has happened since I was last on here. As you can see the kids are growing up and I had a situation with a pumpkin that I hope is resolved.
Ken was saying on his blog...when did Halloween end and Christmas start but here at the Fletcher house we start Christmas in our hearts right after Halloween is over (actually it starts before Halloween but I do my best to wait it out until after the holiday) . I am not totally sure why but I love the Christmas season, I think that I have shared this before but I love the weather and the sharing and the thought of presents that I can get for others. I love to get them the best thing ever. I know that I am not great at getting the best thing ever but I really try very hard! I love Santa the most..... I love that Santa still came long after I was 5 years old that there are triditions with our famiy. I am huge on triditions (and even when I do thing that I think are triditions even if they are not do not tell me and ruin my fun LOL) when my kids are just a little bit bigger I plan on helping them find an evergreen tree and having a little Charlie Brown Christmas tree for there own and exchange presents. I still remember when Tracy gave me the alagator pencil sharpner. Of all my presents I ever got in my entire life that was the best one EVER! The main reason for that being the best one was that she loved it so much (in my mind) and she gave it to me....If you hated it Trace do not ruin my memory and if you do not remember it then that is even better because I can just keep remembering it like I do.
Anyway I was here to talk about other thing just that Christams always triggers such happy memories.
Halloween was great. Micha was SOOOO excited all day to go out Trick or Treating and we were going to Chris' Moms neighborhood to do that so there was a drive involved (we have always gone out there so again being the triditionalsit that I am we had to go this year). Micha was at daycare and when there was a Tirck or Treater that come to the door right befoer I picked her up she thought that she missed it. Like she missed the 15 min window that was Trick or Treating. As we finally got to Duenweg and started to go to the houses with Carson it put such a smile on my face to watch we RUN and I say that in caps because she ran like I had never seen her before. She ran from house to house that had the light on to get all the candy that she could.
The thing that I loved about all of this was two fold. The first was that she had such anticipation of the event. She was looking foward to it for a couple of weeks each day she wanted it worse than the day before. Along with that it was not about getting candy it was just the event. The sencond is (segwaying back into Christmas) she was a happy as I have seen her in months. There is something about seeing your children really truly happy that just makes one sit back and love the moment. I mean truly soak up every smile and love that moment. I think that this Halloween was diffrent than the others for me at least. This is just another reason to be totally excited for Christmas!!!!I have always loved Christmas but this year Micha and I are already having Santa conversations (I.E. When can I go to tell Santa what I want? (Michas says))
And I can watch Christmas Story over and over along with Elf without my wife making too much fun of me LOL!!!!
