Christmas was a bit weird this year. My past Christmases in Maryland have been spent with Ian and his family, but because of the way holidays are scheduled with him and his estranged wife, he didn't have his kids. Since it was just the two of us, we kept things extremely low-key: I made dinner and we watched a couple of movies.
Thankfully, we also made a trip to visit the kids at their mom's house. Oddly, Amanda's parents were extremely pleasant and I think they were genuine in their friendliness. I don't have the highest opinion of Amanda these days, but her parents are fine. I'm also happy that they were so nice because it made things less awkward for me -- Ian visiting his kids makes perfect sense; him bringing his little brother with him might have been seen as pushing it. Thankfully, they welcomed us both with warm smiles. We visited with them for about an hour before we headed home for dinner. It was cute to see Henry continue to ask us to wait because he wanted to show us more toys that he had gotten.
On Boxing Day, Ian and I went and saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens (come back tomorrow for my review) and had the kids visit to open presents from me and their dad. It was really nice to see for Ian because, despite all of the toys they opened the day before, the kids' favorite gift came from their dad.
Christmas this year was mostly a stag party, but it was still fun and I'm glad that it worked out how it did.
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I'm glad to see you posting again. I have missed your blog.
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