This year, my wife was NOT one of those people who got up at 2 a.m.
Instead, she just didn't go to bed. Toys R Us opened at midnight for the very first time this year. And on she went shopping until morning. Oh joy, oh rapture.
By the time Cari got home around noon, she was done with probably 85% of the Christmas shopping. And since she does most of the shopping, I'm stuck with the wrapping.
In practical terms, this means the weekend after Thanksgiving always translates into one incredible marathon wrapping session for me (and as I come upon middle age, a very sore back).
After several hours of wrapping, the kids are allowed to come up from their banishment to the basement and see the huge pile of presents. It's their job to pick up the pile and place the gifts nearly under the Christmas tree.
Nalani grabbed hers by the armful...
And Malia could barely lift the biggest present for her...
Ultimately, everything was squeezed under and around the tree...
Now they just have to live with four weeks of torment of staring at all these gifts without being able to open any of them until Christmas morning! That's my form of payback torture after being stuck with the bill for all this junk.
On a completely different subject, our little athlete Bret Jr. had his very first basketball game on Thursday as his Sturgeon Bay Clippers took on the St. John Bosco Bobcats...
If I had to compare Bret to an NBA player, it would have to be Charles Barkley.
He's not the tallest kid, nor is he the best ball handler. But he uses his body well and muscles through the other 5th graders...
Plus, he's got a mouth just like Charles Barkley's.
Bret's best sport is football and he's definitely a defensive tackle. And he plays basketball that way!
But tonight they were taking it to him. Here's a flagrant foul as one of the Bobcats literally elbows Bretty across the face as he's making a move with the ball...
But after a month of practice, Bret loved the first game of the season...
Go Clippers!
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