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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Wednesday
Dec262007

Christmas thoughts...

DateWednesday, December 26, 2007 at 06:45PM

Ahhh. Done. Mostly. ;) So, how was your Christmas? Ours was lovely...and white...just a quiet day opening a few gifts here and then hours of transforming them from cars to guys and back again. Okay, not all of them. :)

Christmas Eve, I don't know if I mentioned it before, we attended a very crowded Children's Mass. I even managed to get the boys all in ties and they were so handsome! When we got home, we took some pictures before Asher and Micah insisted on getting out of their "nice" clothes so that they could eat candy canes. Ash, who actually enjoys his tie, needed help getting it off:

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Christmas morning, Noah was delighted with his gift from Santa:

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Yeah, he doesn't look thrilled, but he was. ;) Micah, though, is a bit more expressive and was utterly enchanted with his new "tar" from Nana:

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If I knew how to take a video, I'd show you his total rocking out. Trust me, he's cute.

So. That was our Christmas. After the hoopla of the gift opening, we tidied up a bit before Nathan and the boys headed to the airport to pick up Nathan's parents who are here for the week. Our evening, thus, had a bit more gift opening. ;) (My gift, by the way, is awesomeness, itself...they're going to handle meals this week and help me redo that upstairs room where I shoved all the "extra" stuff out of my office...YAY!)

Now, before I sign off...can I just make my own small plea to toy manufacturers everywhere? Is it really necessary to use so many twist ties to attach toys to packaging when they're already sealed in plastic and taped inside a box? Honestly. Raise your hands if you're with me on this one...totally in favor of easy to open toys...let's keep that in mind for next year, shall we? ;)

Okay, off I go for now. Happy week between Christmas and New Year's to you all!! 

AuthorAmanda | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

I hear ya! Man, some toys are so hard to get out. We've had a few lately that are actually screwed in to the box!!!!! What a pain!

Enjoy your week with your in-laws! I hope you have a great time!

December 27, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterHeatherM.

I have been to alot of blogs over the last couple of days and everyone says the same thing about the ties.!!! Glad you had a good xmas!

December 28, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterwendy mckee

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