{"id":124,"date":"2006-12-10T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2006-12-10T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaleylife.com\/blog\/archives\/124"},"modified":"2008-02-07T23:13:01","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T05:13:01","slug":"we-missed-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/archives\/124","title":{"rendered":"We missed you."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year, at least the last 3, we have met my parents and Steve’s family for the Missouri City Holiday Parade. I just named it that, I am not sure what it is really called. It is not the best parade, but it is a tradition that I enjoy. We missed you guys this year. However, Alyssa did get all the candy, but only one Chilis coupon. We bundled up and sat on the curb of Cartwright to enjoy this experience. It was Alyssa’s first year to really enjoy it. She waved her “magic” wand to the kids in the parade and even accepted candy from the clowns. Her favorite was the kids in blue that did the stomping routine. Her least favorite was the bass drums banging as they walked passed us.<\/p>\n

So we have the tree up, the house lights out and are getting ready for another Christmas. We had the girls from our First Family come over and decorate cookies this week. They had a good time, but no one seems to really enjoy this tradition but my brothers and I. I am struggling with the Santa concept. I have been thinking about not emphasizing Santa this year. I guess this is the first time she is asking all the questions and I feel like I am just making stuff up. Who am I kidding? I am making it up. We all did the Santa thing as kids too, but I want the emphasis of Christmas to be about Jesus. She has learned that we are celebrating his birthday, and I would like her to look forward to this time of year for that reason. Not because some make-believe, fat guy comes down the chimney to leave her presents. Plus the idea of this “guy” scares her anyway. I don’t want to tell her he is not real, but just not emphasize him. I don’t know…any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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