Christmas 2012

So here we are, the day after Christmas 2012, and I've decided to take up working on Atticus's Adventures, thanks to my sister Ali for the encouragement.  A lot has happened since the last post. There has been so much that I cannot even remember it all, but let's start with Black Friday.

My parents went Black Friday shopping, so my mini-man came to work with me. He sat there with chocolate milk and his puzzle, acting like he was the boss of the place. He always likes coming into work with me, but man it's a challenge keeping him quiet and still!

The only other thing I can remember to point out is his "unique" way of fashion. Half the time he dresses better than myself, popping his collar like a stud or wearing his hat like he's cool. Then there are the other times... where he could use a little fashion advice from his Aunt Ali. One day he decided he was going to wear a pirate hat, his winter coat, sweatpants with one leg smashed up, a Hawkeye's colored scarf, and camouflage snow boots. Even I couldn't come up with an outfit that crazy!

This brings up to Christmas Eve. We set out cookies for Santa, a glass of milk, carrots, celery, and one olive (Atticus insisted) for the reindeer. Atticus tried to stay up to see Santa, to prove that he was real, but he ended up falling asleep within half an hour of watching a movie.

Christmas morning Atticus woke up before me and came out to the living room. A friend of mine had sent me a text message and woke me up. I went out to the living room and there Atticus was, laying on the couch in the dark, no tv, no nothing. I asked him what he was doing and said "Santa isn't here". I told him that Santa doesn't stay, he just stops by, drops the presents off, eats the cookies and then leaves. Atticus didn't believe me and seemed disappointed. I asked him if he saw any new presents. He said no. I then told him to look at the table. He got up and looked at the table and saw a Scooby Doo doll on the table resting on top of a few presents. His face lit up and he excitedly said "Santa was here!" Whew! I'm glad that was all figured out. He opened Santa's gifts, then the gifts from each other, then over the creek and through the round-a-bout to Grandmother's house we went!

At Grandma's house he opened his gifts from Memaw and was excited about the electronic Angry Birds toothbrush he got. He finished opening those gifts and then Aunt Ali, Devin and Milo came downstairs. He was pretty excited to see them again.

As soon as Aunt Amanda and Uncle Shaggy got to Grandma's house the rest of the presents were opened and breakfast was served. The present that took the top of the cake was the remote control Honda car that Uncle Shaggy and Aunt Amanda got him. The car is as long as his legs are! It is also incredibly fast. Atticus was trying to drive it and was instead crashing it into everything possible. He managed to make all three dogs very nervous with that car! The second best gift was also from Aunt Amanda and Uncle Shaggy. It was an indoor military tent. Atticus made me put it up in his room the same day (which entailed me cleaning and rearranging his room most of the afternoon).

After the presents were opened, Atticus seemed to be acting very tired. For a child that is incredibly hyper, clever, and curious this is not normal. We figured that he was just tired from three rounds of opening gifts. When I brought him home I realized that he had a fever of 101.5. This meant he had to sit on the couch all day, with medicine. This also meant that he was not able to play with his new Christmas toys. Atticus was upset, and it was quite the challenge trying to keep him still.

Today he's still sitting home sick, and me finally finding the time to catch up on writing his blog. Hopefully he's better tomorrow, but only rest will tell.