The World According to Angela

Ok, so the movie "A Christmas Story" is my all time favorite Christmas movie.  I can literally watch it over and over again and never tire of it.  However, my Christmas movie collection is officially off limits until December...then I launch a month long campaign of watching little else.  Luckily for me, the kids like it, but they are asking all sorts of questions.  They are a little too curious about the tongue-sticking-to-the-flagpole incident.  They want to know what was the bad word Ralphie says to get in trouble (because even they know it's not 'fudge').  They think the Santa is a bit scary, and I have to agree he is a bit freaky.  They love the Chinese restaurant scene and laugh every time.

True to my dorkish-ness, I still get teary eyed when the dad points out the hidden present behind the desk.  The look on the boys' faces when they see the presents is another biggie.  Looking out the window Christmas morning and seeing the beautiful landscape is magical.  I have always loved this movie, and I dreamt about having my own family and making such memories one day.  There was a time when such dreams hurt and brought tears to my eyes for different reasons.  I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am that I finally have the house full of kids that I pictured in my dreams.  Watching this movie with them is just...well...incredible.

This past weekend, we had our annual Santa brunch with my local triplet group.  It was amazing how many families were there.  I should really say, it was amazing how many children there were.  The kid-to-parent ratio is hilarious at such functions.  But everyone was so well behaved and it was great.  There was over 100 children under the age of 10, and it was no where near chaotic.  I posted some pictures on my web site if you are interested.  Here's a quick link to just that page.  Haley is really disliking Santa this year.  I hate to laugh at her, but it is actually quite funny.  Last year she was fine.  Did Santa stiff her last year, or what?

We also took our Christmas pictures this weekend.  I am so incredibly proud of the family picture.  We use it for our Christmas card, and we also get a 10x13 for the wall.  No sneak peeks at that one for now.  After the cards have been sent out, then I'll post it.  What was even cooler was the fact that the photographer was praising our kids, saying what a nice family we had with such well behaved kids.  Once someone finds out you have triplets, I guess they picture sheer chaos...and then good Lord, we have a 15 month old on top of it!  I have to admit, 99% of the time, our kids are very well behaved.  She should have seen us all at the Santa brunch!  Sometimes I wonder if the sheer fact that you are outnumbered by your offspring inspires you all the more to have things - and keep things - under control.

In any case, there are only 20 days left until Christmas.  I am going to try and savor all of those 20 days, and watch "A Christmas Story" at least 100 more times.  I hope you are also creating your own Christmas stories...I know mine is shaping up pretty darn nicely!