2018年12月26日
Christmas Morning
When I was growing up, Christmas morning was always a magical time, even when I stopped believing in Santa Claus. My mom was always up early, getting presents ready and preparing a special breakfast which was difficult for her since she was the only parent in the house, but she always put so much effort into it, which is why it was magical, I could feel her love in every part of the day.
We weren't allowed to leave our rooms until she was ready. She would let me and my younger brother know she was ready by playing music, as I grew older and slept in more it became my alarm to wake up. It was usually Peer Gynt's morning song. The music would continue all day between four Christmas CD's and Peer Gynt's CD. When we came down a feast would be waiting.
There was mint tea, piles of bacon, grapefruit, oranges, blueberry pancakes, and savory pancakes with ham cheese and egg cooked into it. We would usually spend all day working on eating all of it.
Then we would go down into the living room and open gifts under the tree and in our stockings (I would also give my mom and brother extra presents). Then we spent all day together by the fireplace playing or using the presents we got, reading new books, watching new movies, or playing games. All together in the living room, we would spend the day and relax all the way until it was time to go to sleep. It is truly a magical day.
We weren't allowed to leave our rooms until she was ready. She would let me and my younger brother know she was ready by playing music, as I grew older and slept in more it became my alarm to wake up. It was usually Peer Gynt's morning song. The music would continue all day between four Christmas CD's and Peer Gynt's CD. When we came down a feast would be waiting.
There was mint tea, piles of bacon, grapefruit, oranges, blueberry pancakes, and savory pancakes with ham cheese and egg cooked into it. We would usually spend all day working on eating all of it.
Then we would go down into the living room and open gifts under the tree and in our stockings (I would also give my mom and brother extra presents). Then we spent all day together by the fireplace playing or using the presents we got, reading new books, watching new movies, or playing games. All together in the living room, we would spend the day and relax all the way until it was time to go to sleep. It is truly a magical day.
2018年12月26日
Games!
I love playing game with my friends. Back in America we own a game called Above and Below. Its rather long and complicated as a single game can take up to 90 minutes. You build resources, recruit villagers with various skills, build up your village, delve into dungeons and battle your way to victory! Its a lot of fun and Cami and I would play it so many times as it has many different ways to approach the game to win.
We own another game from the same company called Near and Far. The concept is the same except a major difference is that you can create a character and build skills and a story through 7 different maps that each contain their own special rules. Both of them come with a big mission/story book that you read as you go on missions. Some times the missions will be continuations of each other and have additional routes and outcomes depending on how you've completed previous missions.
For Christmas Cami got me their newest game called Islebound. The concept of this one is very similar to the previous entries except this time we're on ships and we're exploring island. What's fun is that some of the pieces from the new games can be used in the older games to expand and create a new way to play the older games. I'm looking forward to playing!
We own another game from the same company called Near and Far. The concept is the same except a major difference is that you can create a character and build skills and a story through 7 different maps that each contain their own special rules. Both of them come with a big mission/story book that you read as you go on missions. Some times the missions will be continuations of each other and have additional routes and outcomes depending on how you've completed previous missions.
For Christmas Cami got me their newest game called Islebound. The concept of this one is very similar to the previous entries except this time we're on ships and we're exploring island. What's fun is that some of the pieces from the new games can be used in the older games to expand and create a new way to play the older games. I'm looking forward to playing!
