I am so glad it is here!
It is amazing to me how a couple weeks of holidays, school breaks, ect. can throw my entire family off track for so long.
The Boy's antics continued all week. Wednesday, I gave in. I figured a day at home wouldn't hurt him and I just did not have it in me to fight him. I was afraid by giving in that I would create a monster but what was done, was done. Well, by 8:45 a.m. (still time to be on time for school) he decides he wants to go (because he learned that by staying at home he would not be playing outside or doing anything else that resembled fun)! And things got a bit better after that.
Whew!
Friday, January 11, 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
School Struggles
The Boy has been fighting practially every morning going to school. Last week I chalked it up to end of vacation blues but his stubborness was back this morning. It is about to wear me out. It has happened off and on throughout the year and I am at my wits end. He doesn't eat breakfast. I have to brush his teeth and put his shoes and coat on him. And even then he will kick me or kick his shoes off. I literally have to pull him down the driveway and then he will fight me when getting on the bus.
I am sure he is worn out....it is a long day for him. And, he struggles with most everything they do so I am sure he doesn't like that. But, if this is what life is going to be like for the next 12 years, I'm not sure I can handle it.
Uuuggggg!
I am sure he is worn out....it is a long day for him. And, he struggles with most everything they do so I am sure he doesn't like that. But, if this is what life is going to be like for the next 12 years, I'm not sure I can handle it.
Uuuggggg!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year!
It's all over! All of the parities and presents and food.
We had a very nice Christmas. My parents arrived the Saturday before Christmas (after a 4 hour delay) and were here to celebrate with us. We went to Hershey, PA to the hotel for dessert and through their amazing light display. We went out for a lovely lunch on Christmas eve and then to a children's church service where the kids joined in as an angel and a sheep.
The kids were so excited on Christmas eve. They put out their reindeer food and left cookies out for Santa. Grandpa read "Twas the Night Before Christmas". When I put the girl to bed she said "Mommy, I can't sleep, I'm too excited" and 5 minutes later she was out. At 7:30 a.m. she woke me up and said, "Can I got knock on every one's doors and wake them up now?" We told them they couldn't go downstairs without all of us!
Oh, and their faces when they walked in and saw the tree and presents! Priceless!
After a marathon present opening session, we had breakfast and lingered in our pjs for a while before cleaning up and going to our friend's house for appetizers. We then came back for a nice dinner.
Friday we headed out of town to Williamsburg, Virginia. It was nice but the weather was awful...rain off and on all day Saturday and it poured on Sunday. The kids were a bit young for Colonial Williamsburg but they had some neat kids activities going on that they enjoyed.
After dropping my parents off in Baltimore on Sunday night we headed home. They had a flight out on the 31st but we decided we didn't need to stay - we wouldn't have done much if we had stayed.
Now, everyone is back to school and work. I have today to get myself in gear and then it's back to work for me too!
We had a very nice Christmas. My parents arrived the Saturday before Christmas (after a 4 hour delay) and were here to celebrate with us. We went to Hershey, PA to the hotel for dessert and through their amazing light display. We went out for a lovely lunch on Christmas eve and then to a children's church service where the kids joined in as an angel and a sheep.
The kids were so excited on Christmas eve. They put out their reindeer food and left cookies out for Santa. Grandpa read "Twas the Night Before Christmas". When I put the girl to bed she said "Mommy, I can't sleep, I'm too excited" and 5 minutes later she was out. At 7:30 a.m. she woke me up and said, "Can I got knock on every one's doors and wake them up now?" We told them they couldn't go downstairs without all of us!
Oh, and their faces when they walked in and saw the tree and presents! Priceless!
After a marathon present opening session, we had breakfast and lingered in our pjs for a while before cleaning up and going to our friend's house for appetizers. We then came back for a nice dinner.
Friday we headed out of town to Williamsburg, Virginia. It was nice but the weather was awful...rain off and on all day Saturday and it poured on Sunday. The kids were a bit young for Colonial Williamsburg but they had some neat kids activities going on that they enjoyed.
After dropping my parents off in Baltimore on Sunday night we headed home. They had a flight out on the 31st but we decided we didn't need to stay - we wouldn't have done much if we had stayed.
Now, everyone is back to school and work. I have today to get myself in gear and then it's back to work for me too!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Yes, but do you like tinsel?
I've determined that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they like to decorate their tree.
The hubster is a colored lights kind of tree guy. I prefer white lights. If given his preference he would throw tinsel over the tree. Me, I think candy canes are a must.
So, we compromise. We have colored lights outside and on an artificial tree in the basement. Our main tree has white lights.
There isn't any tinsel anywhere.
Then there are the blinking light folks. I'm not sure about them!
The hubster is a colored lights kind of tree guy. I prefer white lights. If given his preference he would throw tinsel over the tree. Me, I think candy canes are a must.
So, we compromise. We have colored lights outside and on an artificial tree in the basement. Our main tree has white lights.
There isn't any tinsel anywhere.
Then there are the blinking light folks. I'm not sure about them!
Christmas
We finally got our tree yesterday. Actually, it doesn't seem that late but it seemed like we were a little behind the times.
We went to a big Christmas tree farms that had horse drawn wagons take you out to the fields.
Sounds pretty idyllic until you are in the moment. We had snow this week and it was about 40 degrees on Saturday so it all melted and left a lovely, muddy mess. It seemed to take a while to find a tree that interested us. Both kids chose the moment we were out in the field of trees to declare that they had to go to the bathroom. There were about a million people there....I guess we weren't the only ones to wait until this weekend to get our tree.
But, we found our tree and headed back to the "barn" for hot chocolate before heading home.
The most important aspect of all of this, the thing that saved our marriage and took all of the arguments out of Christmas? Last year we bought the tree stand with the spike up the middle. This year the farm shakes your tree out, bags it and drills a nice hole up the middle of the trunk for your stand.
We came home, carried the bagged tree inside, lined it up with the spike, and it was in!
There are still the lights to cause some arguments!
We went to a big Christmas tree farms that had horse drawn wagons take you out to the fields.
Sounds pretty idyllic until you are in the moment. We had snow this week and it was about 40 degrees on Saturday so it all melted and left a lovely, muddy mess. It seemed to take a while to find a tree that interested us. Both kids chose the moment we were out in the field of trees to declare that they had to go to the bathroom. There were about a million people there....I guess we weren't the only ones to wait until this weekend to get our tree.
But, we found our tree and headed back to the "barn" for hot chocolate before heading home.
The most important aspect of all of this, the thing that saved our marriage and took all of the arguments out of Christmas? Last year we bought the tree stand with the spike up the middle. This year the farm shakes your tree out, bags it and drills a nice hole up the middle of the trunk for your stand.
We came home, carried the bagged tree inside, lined it up with the spike, and it was in!
There are still the lights to cause some arguments!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Snow Day!
We had our first snowfall of the season yesterday!
Only about 3 - 4 inches but it's is currently about 14 degrees Fahrenheit outside so everything looks beautiful.
The kids' schools are delayed today and that poses a problem. I have a feeling the boy's bus will arrive at our house at the same time that the girl has to be at school (a 15 minute drive away). Not to mention the fact that I am working in the 2 year old class today and need to be there 15 minutes before school starts.
But, we have snow!
The kids only had a little time to play in it yesterday before it got dark. The girl was done after about 15 minutes (too cold) but the boy could have stayed out all night I think!
On another note, this prevents us from putting up our Christmas lights. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing!
Only about 3 - 4 inches but it's is currently about 14 degrees Fahrenheit outside so everything looks beautiful.
The kids' schools are delayed today and that poses a problem. I have a feeling the boy's bus will arrive at our house at the same time that the girl has to be at school (a 15 minute drive away). Not to mention the fact that I am working in the 2 year old class today and need to be there 15 minutes before school starts.
But, we have snow!
The kids only had a little time to play in it yesterday before it got dark. The girl was done after about 15 minutes (too cold) but the boy could have stayed out all night I think!
On another note, this prevents us from putting up our Christmas lights. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Home again
We survived our trip and had a nice time. Hectic and a bit tiring but nice. The kiddos love, love, love the grandparents and it's nice to see them so happy. We made a trip into Chicago on Wednesday to see Christmas lights and have lunch. Everything took extra long but it was fun. The kids got to see Santa and we had lunch in the beautiful Walnut Room of Macy's (formerly Marshall Field's). At one point at lunch a "Princess" came up to us and asked the kids if they wanted to make a wish (I think she must have been a snow princess or some other Christmasy princess!) The Girl closed her eyes extremely tight and let the Princess sprinkle "fairy dust" on her head. She was so serious about making a wish. When we asked her what she wished for she said, "I wished for sparkles in my hair."
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