This year Peter had Christmas morning off. They split the day into two 6 hour shifts instead of making some people work a full 12. He has always worked Christmas morning before but I think that I much prefer him to work the afternoon. We have alot more time with him when he works the morning cuz his shift is half over by the time we even get up:) but it's really hard to pass the time. The kids are dying to open gifts but I have to keep them away til 2pm. nothing is open yet to go do anything. Also, peter's parent's always have us over for Christmas dinner so he gets' home, we open gifts then the kids have to leave their toys to go eat dinner and then the day is over.
But, this year it was much nicer with him home in the morning. We got to open gifts right away. He had to leave for work at 11:30 but the kids had their toys to keep them entertained so they weren't devastated:) Because it was afternoon, the movie theater was now open so I took the kids to see "Bedtime Stories" which was really cute. Then we headed to Grandma's house to hang out and have dinner and open their gifts. Peter ended up joining us right after dinner so he got to be a part of the evening too.
While we did see him less this year, it didn't seem like it because we had more stuff and options to keep us occupied while he was gone.
but hey, on the bright side...only 4 more years at the hospital and he will have enough seniority that he only has to work 1 holiday, which will be new years day cuz we don't care about that anyway! So, the countdown begins!
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