“Mistletoe, sweetie. It’s a plant and your grandpa wants to hold it up so he can kiss me underneath it.”
“But I saw grandpa kissing you earlier and there was no missile toes,” she says just before her twin jumps in in agreement. “Yeah. Why does he need the Miss Toes, now?”
“Your grandpa never needs a reason to kiss me, but at Christmas it’s fun. It’s a tradition.”
I look left and then right at my two little darlings whose faces are so intrigued at this conversation and how mistletoe works. I thought when Austin and I had our kids the joy of experiencing everything again for the first time was just the most unbeatable feeling.
Well, I may have been wrong, because it’s just as fun with our kid’s kids.
“Wait!” I say, being melodramatic with my expression. “You two have never been kissed under the mistletoe?”
They look at one another and then start shaking their heads at the same time, their pigtails flopping back and forth.
“Well, what do you think about some hugs and kisses from grandpa then?”
“Yay!” they say and I reach around and give them both a playful pat on the behind and they stand up so grandma can stand up too.
I take them each by the hand and we move closer to grandpa who lowers the mistletoe closer to the girl’s heads.
They look up, completely enthralled and Eve even reaches for it, but she’s not quite tall enough.
“First a kiss,” grandpa says. Austin is so cute when he’s playing with the grandkids.
He lowers himself down to his knees and gives Eve and Holly each a kiss on their cheeks as they do the same for him.
Part of me wishes I had my camera out right now, but another part of me prefers to just live in the moment and enjoy the memories as they happen. Our little munchkins make so many of them anyway that I know another heartwarming moment will happen in minutes…they always do.
“Merry. Noel. Christian. Grandpa has hugs and kisses waiting on you over here under the mistletoe.”
Our other three grandkids come running as our sets of twins Sara and Mara, and Levi and Eli quickly take out their phones and take pictures.
Austin and I feel so fortunate to have all four of our children and their spouses here today for Christmas. It’s our favorite time of the year, bar none, and we got a kick out of our kids giving all their kids holiday-themed names.
Now our family tradition of loving Christmas is sure to continue for generations to come.
And when I feel Austin’s lips on mine when I’m not even looking, they just serve as a reminder of our most valuable tradition that will also last forever…our love for each other.
Austin hands the mistletoe to the kids who inspect it as me maneuvers our kiss so no one can see, and I know his tongue is ready to “inspect” the insides of my mouth.
“Okay, kids. Who wants to build a snowman?” I hear Levi’s voice say, but my eyes stay closed as I melt into my man’s arms.
Levi quickly rounds everybody up in the entryway of our home and out of sight as he gets all the kids bundled up, while Austin gets me warmed up in a different way.
“Should take us an hour to build the snowman, mom and dad.”
“Okay, son,” Austin says. “Your mom and I are getting older so we might need to…take a nap.”
“Riiight,” Eli says, and I hear the door open and the house empty as our family goes outside.
“They must think we’re crazy, still acting like randy teenagers at our age.”
“I am crazy,” Austin says. “Crazy about you.”
I wrap him up in a big hug as he takes my hand and leads me into the bedroom for our “nap.”
Of course there will be no sleeping, and it’s not because we’ll be waiting for Santa to come.
He’s already arrived for the kids as witnessed by the many gifts for them under the tree, our love for them infinite and we can’t help but to spoil them.
And how better to give back considering Santa came in the best of ways for my husband and I years ago, literally giving us the gift of each other.
And once we got each other for Christmas I knew Santa was very real, just like our love for each other has been all these years and always will be.
And every day since that first Christmas time together, we’ve been the living breathing Christmas gifts to each other that just keep giving.
He gave me his love and he gave me our children. And that’s the true joy of the holidays…to be able to spend them together, as a family.
Merry Christmas’s for us all, and each and every night…a good night. ;)
A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS
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Book 3: Built
Book 4: Bambino
Book 5: Rescued
Book 6: Leader
Book 7: Professor
Book 8: Burned
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Book 10: Pistol
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Book 12: Driven
Book 13: Lucky 13
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Book 15: Protector
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Book 30: Cowboy’s Christmas Carol
Book 31: Police Officer’s Princess
Book 32: Statham
Book 33: Bodyguard
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Book 35: Billionaire Single Dad's Babysitter
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Book 54: Ward’s Independence Day
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Book 56: Possessive Policeman
Book 57: Coached by the MMA Fighter
Book 58: Boss’s Babysitter
Book 59: Virgin in New York
Book 60: Rock Star’s Baby
Book 61: Possessive Protector
Book 62: Possessive Australian
Book 63: Best Friend’s Brother
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Book 65: Summer Romanced
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