4th day of Christmas!

Today was a fun card day. Whenever we receive Christmas cards I hang them on a door in my house. I love to receive cards & to send cards, but with the price of postage it is almost painful. Anyway, I've been opening the cards thus far, but today when we received 3 cards in the mail I gave each one of the kids a card to open thinking it was not a big deal. Josh happily ripped his open & read the card. Kirsten & Aaron thought this was over the top. "WE get to open one!", they shouted. Kirsten ripped hers open, but Aaron seemed like he wanted to savor the moment. He did it so carefully, & was so excited to see it hanging on the door. Who would have thought? I guess it should not have been a surprise to me. Over a month ago, I wrote all the kids a little note that just said, "I love you" & their name. I signed it & put OXOXO. Aaron has carried that note in his pocket for a month. He carefully takes it out each night & sits it on his dresser & then places it back into his new pants the next morning. Even though he cannot read he knows what it says. It was after that first day of giving him the note that he started to kiss me on the cheek. I thought I would cry. When he pretends to read his little note you cannot understand a thing except for the little kiss sound he makes at the end. It's worth every tear I will cry when they go home. It's those little things that enable me to do this.

Anyway, here's the HILARIOUS little email card that we sent. We received it from a friend & then made our own today. The kids loved it!! The picture above was our photo Christmas card we sent to family & friends that we don't see often or that live far away.

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