Post Christmas

 We had a wonderful Christmas after all. The kids got here around 8:30 and we had breakfast. Then the opening of the presents, which was absolute mayhem once the Snowball Fight in a Box was opened! Snowballs flew everywhere, and Eliana just shouted, "I LOVE IT!" every time she tossed balls at someone. Leighton was presented with his Jenkins tartan teddy bear, and he grabbed it, hugged it, and promptly lay his head down like he was going to nap! 

Then they all went home to nap their kids, and we got back together at Buddy's around 4. Eliana and Leighton are so wonderful together! Jesse played their little spinet and we sang carols, and everyone was crying, it was so beautiful!

Meanwhile, Greg Frost had a bit of time, and he made it very clear that he absolutely loved my novel. He made the most amazing comments on how to build it and improve it, a whole semester's worth of lessons in so few comments. He followed it up with illustrations from an artist that he likes, so the novel was on his mind. I spent about twenty hours reconciling his comments and rewriting according to the suggestions that I needed.

And it's now Sunday, and all is quiet.

And I hate wearing readers!