It is time to take down all the pomp and glitter of the Holidays. Even the City of Glendale is taking down the lights. Our candy cane lane in the front yard has already succumbed to rainy soil and several canes have tipped over. The lights on the house are assisting us in their rremoval as well. The trees inside are undecorated and the village people have returned to their boxes. The angels and nativity sets will be neatly tucked away this afternoon. The special Christmas dolls are saying their goodbyes and the teddy bears will join them in the steamer trunk TODAY!
I will not bake any more cookies. At least not for a while. I will, however, make more lemon meriange pies (I never can spell that right...have to look it up each time!) Anyway, our lemon tree is still in celebratory mode! It is laden with fruit even after several days of picking and giving away. Lemon bars sound good too. My husband made a fantastic lemonade for a dinner we had with my son and family on Friday. They also have a lemon tree. The neighbors all have recieved lemons as well.
We have Baby Girl since Thursday as Handsome and Hunky got to go to Disneyland with their parents. They are having a blast. I might as well just plan on Monday being a show and tell day, along with some reading of library books that Baby Girl and I picked out on Friday. We will resume normal school routine on Tuesday.
Yesterday was TDH's 14th birthday! No Way! We celebrated by having him and his bro, Jomo, overnight on Thursday and all day Friday. Then we all went out to Mary Coyle's Ice Cream on Saturday as well. It was fun. There was a big parade downtown by the ice cream parlor...perhaps just for him! (Actually, it was for the Fiesta Bowl!) The Cardinals gave him a present of winning the first play off game in many many years! So. over all, it has been a great week!
The taking down of the decorations is a lot of work. It also has its melancholy moments...the Season is over! But, hey! We have a whole new season to give, and share, and love...a whole new year! The Season and its glitter may have come to an end, but the Gift goes on...and the memories linger forever. The extra "weight" of the Season will linger a while too, I'm afraid. Oh well.
May 2009 bring all of us incredible joy, peace, love, and true prosperity! Happy new year!
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