Christmas is: over!
Now all I have to look forward to is spring, which comes in about four months. It won't be fun waiting but at least it lasts longer than Christmas does. Addison and Kaytlyn have gone home, as did my grandmother, and the presents have all been unwrapped and enjoyed. Sarah is currently sitting a mere five or six feet away reading a book I bought her that she wanted. She seems to be enjoying it, exclaiming 'This book is AWESOME!' at random intervals. My parents have stepped out for some alone time and a few groceries we need.
Emma didn't recieve too many toys this year, but some presents I never saw her unwrap because she probably did so while I or someone else was also unwrapping a gift. I'll try to make a rough list of what I got . . . A Harry Potter poster book, a new Harry Potter calendar, one of those Harry Potter comic reflief books about beasts, two journals, a set of paints, another set of paints, and a third set of paints . . . Pomegranate tea (I drank all of Sarah's the last time she bought it, and coincidentally she bought it for my stocking), peanut M&M's (mmm . . .), a few magazines, a Jakalope CD, and a few other things I'm sure I forgot. Other than that, I got a few other little things in my stocking. Overall a very good Christmas. I painted a small replica of a painting I have with a fountain from another painting in it for Kaytlyn, which she seemed to like. Dad got an astounding four QuickPay TimCards, totaling to fifty-five dollars worth of coffee. Don't fret - this was discussed beforehand. He says we'll be going to Timmy's sometime for a treat.
One of the journals should be great to write in since it looks like better quality than the ones I bought at some store which all fell apart when I used them. It has a ton of pages and I already started using it - not for my story, though, but for a journal. I think I have enough paints to last me a very long time, and I now have four tubes of 'Ultramarine Blue', not to mention many others with the same names. Thanks again, everybody!