Dec 17 2008
‘Twas a Year For Our Family
This year, I sat down and attempted to write a traditional Christmas letter. I wanted to let people know about all of the things we have been through this year as a family and get them up to speed on our lives. I hunkered down, convinced to write it. “This year, Turk… blah blah blah.” Okay, that was boring, let’s move on to the kids. “Bug has learned so much this…Zzzzzzz.” I nearly fell asleep on my keyboard.
Finally, I decided to ditch the same ‘ol Christmas letter, and write up a poem instead. Since I cannot send Christmas cards to all off my blog-following friends, here’s our nifty Christmas letter from us to you.
‘Twas a Year for Our Family
‘Twas a year for our family, and an interesting one at that,
Turk, trying to be a hero, got mauled by our cat.
In the tree she perched, refusing to descend,
So Turk, in his sweetness, his hand did extend,
She fell or she jumped, of which we don’t know,
On Turk’s face, she landed a crushing blow.
Claw marks gouged his cheeks, lips, and jowl.
“Effing cat got me,” he said with a scowl.
She disappeared and we have a hunch,
She found a new home or became something’s lunch.
Buggy turned number three this year,
He has suddenly become quite the imagineer.
For instance, our couch has become Santa’s Sleigh,
Or the perfect place for his trains to play.
Constantly saying, “I so hunwy my tummy hurts bad-wy”
But he refuses to eat, he’s incredibly picky.
Our little Bean this year turned the big One,
Forget walking, this girl wants to run.
Little though Miss Bean may be,
She’s a feisty one who whoops on her brother with glee.
But Bug can take it, and does not defend,
For his baby sister is by far his best friend.
What else happened this year for our fam?
Well, Turk finally passed his CPA exam!
And Lindsay, pursuing a writing career,
On the cover of a book, her name will appear.
She won first place in a short story contest,
For this opportunity, she feels quite blessed.
So there, in short, is our interesting year,
This Christmas we wish you much love and great cheer.
Just remember, this one small piece of advice,
Before helping a cat from a tree, always think twice.
From our family to you,
Much love and hugs too.
Thank you, my friends, for always providing such thoughtful and interesting comments both on my blog and off. Your input is quite inspiring to me and makes me want to come back day after day and keep up with this blog. You guys are awesome!
I loved the poem and think it is a much more interesting way of updating distant family and friends.
This cracked us up! Ryan thought it’s the best letter yet! :0)
I wonder, though, if it’s really a coincidence that *suddenly* your cat disappeared! After that mauling, if I were you I’d investigate the Mr.!
I wondered the same thing, Heather! He swears his hands are clean, lol. We think it’s most likely that the cat got pissed at us and decided she was done with us.