Like many of us, my favorite parts of the holidays are not necessarily related to the gifts. Or even the food. Yummy...
Like many mommies, I absolutely love the excitement on my children's faces - throughout the entire season. I love watching the surprise, joy, disbelief-yet-belief, and fascination in their eyes each time they see signs of Christmas Magic. I love their little voices singing Rudolph and Jingle Bells in the backseat. Hearing them squeal at holiday lights - even the weakest displays - as we drive through the neighborhood. I love how Big Girl and I fain surprise each year to find, once again, the same collection of toy soldiers, wreaths, bells, French horns and angels suspended from the street lamps on 3rd Street. These things, of course, are a few of my favorite Mommy Holiday Moments.
I have not, though, been a Mommy forever. Consequently, some of my holiday favorites are completely unrelated to my Darling Princesses.
For instance, I so look forward to the family tradition my brothers and I have developed. It seems that, even as an adult, my siblings have a unique effect on me. They bring me to tears with laughter. In fact, they nearly bring me to wetting myself...EVERY TIME. It is just as it has always been. I cannot put my finger on the mystery behind their power over my Giggle Box. Nonetheless, they are masters at overturning it.
Perhaps it is their abilities to impersonate and speak in accents. Very politically INcorrect accents.
Perhaps their mere presence summons my personal immaturities. It never fails that our conversations, at some point, turn to bodily functions.
Perhaps it is the Power of Three. Any Charmed fans out there??
Perhaps it is merely contagious, and they were looking forward to this fun as much as I was.
Perhaps it is the unique bond that only siblings can know. After all, we've been "playing together" all our lives.
Whatever the cause, I'm so glad it's there. I'm also thankful to see this bond - this love of laughter - emerging in my daughters' sistership. My husband and I love to hear their giggles escalate to side-splitting, pants-wetting decibels. We turn, smiling to each other, oblivious to whatever it is that is so funny. For a moment, we both giggle, too....
...until we have to yell at them....but that is another post.
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Jethro and I see it as a great failure that you have not wet your pants yet. Maybe this year. We are just hoping we don't have to wait until you are wearing Depends, because it won't count then.
ReplyDeleteI have two brothers and I think I could use the entire "It seems that, as adults...playing together all our lives" passage to describe our relationship!!!
ReplyDeleteThis just made me more exctied to come home!
That's terrific!
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally got the Charmed reference. Remember when we wanted to be Wiccan?