Last night I told Karaia and Beckham that they could get up this morning any time after 5 am. I was TOTALLY kidding! These are the two children of mine that will actually sleep in late. Apparently, however, Karaia set her internal clock and at 5:15am Karaia and Beckham were at the foot of our bed wide awake. And by wide awake, I mean Christmas morning wake. There was NO way they would go back to bed.
So we called my mom and Dave who wanted to be her to watch the magic and when they got here we woke the two little boys up. That's right. You read correctly. I willing woke Tennyson and Sanders up in the early morning hours.
Here's the short list of the gift run down:
Sanders: Mega Blocks Thomas train sets. He LOVES them!
Tennyson: an insanely MASSIVE amount of Legos. He could barley be bothered to eat.
Beckham: The big Harry Potter Castle Lego set. He loves that it is taking so long and it's so complicated ;)
Karaia: Furniture for her America Girl Doll. She is in Heaven.
Emilie: The next two books in The Mysterious Benedict Society series. YAY!!!
Kevin: A three tier cooling rack. I know it sounds lame, but I promise he likes it AND I got him LOTS of Resses Peanut Butter Christmas tress. AND Kevin and I don't need a ton or expensive things to be happy.
The rest of the day was mostly wonderful. Mid afternoon was a little rough because the lack of sleep totally took over a few personalities, but other than that it was nice.
We went to Grandma Candace and Grandpa Jim's house, then to the Francom's church, then back home for much needed naps, and rounded out the day with a very nice time at my Dad's.
All in all I'd call everything a success!
No time for relaxing though. Tomorrow is Kevin's birthday and I am bound and determined to make him feel as wonderful as he makes me feel!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Lights
We did it. We finally made it.
We plan every year to take our kids to see the lights on Temple Square. And for the past...oh, I can't even tell you how many....few years something or another comes up and we don't make it.
Well, tonight we did!
The weather was fantastic. The crowds? Well, let's call them "cozy". The kids really enjoyed all the lights. We had a family council after seeing the HUGE line to see the Christus and decided we will have a special family night in January and go back when there aren't so many people.
Beckham said, " I liked the nativity scene, seeing the Christus from outside, and being with my family!"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
We plan every year to take our kids to see the lights on Temple Square. And for the past...oh, I can't even tell you how many....few years something or another comes up and we don't make it.
Well, tonight we did!
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| Isn't the Salt Lake Temple beautiful? |
The weather was fantastic. The crowds? Well, let's call them "cozy". The kids really enjoyed all the lights. We had a family council after seeing the HUGE line to see the Christus and decided we will have a special family night in January and go back when there aren't so many people.
Beckham said, " I liked the nativity scene, seeing the Christus from outside, and being with my family!"
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Comparing
If we compare today against yesterday, today would be 10,564 points ahead of yesterday!
The laundry is done...well mostly. There are still a few shirts that need to be hung but it turns out I actually do not own enough hangers for the number of shirts that I have. How that came to be I can't rightly tell you, but I'm almost positive it had something to do with the fact that I abhor putting laundry away and therefore will dress myself and my children with clean clothes straight from the basket. See, even if I had wanted to put everything away I wouldn't have been able to. It was better to be naive for so long. Really, who wants to spend Christmas money on clothes hangers?
Anyway.
Not only that, but nearly every room is tidy. Sanders' needs a bit of attention and I'm sure my sewing/craft room needs some help, but every thing else is quite presentable.
YAY!!!
Now I feel like we can add toys and trinkets and I won't have to lose my mind. I think that's much closer to the Christmas spirit of things.
In addition to the house being in order, today is also far better than yesterday because Kevin and I found a cute babysitter to watch the kiddos so we could go to Meghan and Alex's annual Christmas game night! Fun!!! Kevin won all the games we played so we are just not sure he is invited next year. Next year I might not be able to "find" a babysitter and I will have to go alone.....Sad.....so, so sad. *wink*
The laundry is done...well mostly. There are still a few shirts that need to be hung but it turns out I actually do not own enough hangers for the number of shirts that I have. How that came to be I can't rightly tell you, but I'm almost positive it had something to do with the fact that I abhor putting laundry away and therefore will dress myself and my children with clean clothes straight from the basket. See, even if I had wanted to put everything away I wouldn't have been able to. It was better to be naive for so long. Really, who wants to spend Christmas money on clothes hangers?
Anyway.
Not only that, but nearly every room is tidy. Sanders' needs a bit of attention and I'm sure my sewing/craft room needs some help, but every thing else is quite presentable.
YAY!!!
Now I feel like we can add toys and trinkets and I won't have to lose my mind. I think that's much closer to the Christmas spirit of things.
In addition to the house being in order, today is also far better than yesterday because Kevin and I found a cute babysitter to watch the kiddos so we could go to Meghan and Alex's annual Christmas game night! Fun!!! Kevin won all the games we played so we are just not sure he is invited next year. Next year I might not be able to "find" a babysitter and I will have to go alone.....Sad.....so, so sad. *wink*
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Can't seem to get there
I debated about posting this. Do I document how I'm really feeling or pretend that I'm feeling like the way I want to be feeling? Confused? Yeah. Me too.
I just cannot seem to get in the Christmas spirit. I feel WAY too much like an adult and the piles and PILES of laundry and other house hold chores, but who are we kidding it's always going to include laundry at my house, get in the way. That and the cost of Christmas and the added fun things that go onto our schedule are making it challenging for me.
Today the kids only had a half day of school. So I decided that today would be a stay in your pjs, for those of us not having any school to go to, and do whatever we were in the mood for kind of day. That is what I LOVED doing as a kid and I thought it would bump me right into the Christmas mood.
Instead, I am sitting here thinking about all the extra things I need to do tomorrow because I played hooky today. There is just no pleasing me.
Sigh.
There's still a few more days. Maybe that Christmas spirit is just waiting for the right moment to show up.
I just cannot seem to get in the Christmas spirit. I feel WAY too much like an adult and the piles and PILES of laundry and other house hold chores, but who are we kidding it's always going to include laundry at my house, get in the way. That and the cost of Christmas and the added fun things that go onto our schedule are making it challenging for me.
Today the kids only had a half day of school. So I decided that today would be a stay in your pjs, for those of us not having any school to go to, and do whatever we were in the mood for kind of day. That is what I LOVED doing as a kid and I thought it would bump me right into the Christmas mood.
Instead, I am sitting here thinking about all the extra things I need to do tomorrow because I played hooky today. There is just no pleasing me.
Sigh.
There's still a few more days. Maybe that Christmas spirit is just waiting for the right moment to show up.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Almost Caught
Karaia almost caught us tonight.
The kids were supposed to be in bed...sleeping.
Kev and I were in the living room doing the things parents do this time of the year. We had already run some interference a few times with Karaia as she kept getting out of bed with super-important-can't-possibly-wait-'til-morning items to discuss with us. Shortly after the last time of putting her back to bed there was a loud knock on the door. I jumped so high!!!
It was my cute friend dropping off a gift. As we were saying our goodbyes, we were interrupted by a little voice at the top of the stairs. I jumped again! When I landed, my hand found it's way in front of Karaia's eyes as I guided her back downstairs.
"What are you doing mom?"
"What? Nothing......"
"Why did you cover my eyes?"
"Because I was trying to help you sleep. You shouldn't be awake."
"No you're hiding something."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because you moved really fast when you saw me."
"I didn't want the door to hit me when I was closing it after Lindsey left."
"No......That's a different kind of panic..."
"Go to sleep, Karaia."
The kids were supposed to be in bed...sleeping.
Kev and I were in the living room doing the things parents do this time of the year. We had already run some interference a few times with Karaia as she kept getting out of bed with super-important-can't-possibly-wait-'til-morning items to discuss with us. Shortly after the last time of putting her back to bed there was a loud knock on the door. I jumped so high!!!
It was my cute friend dropping off a gift. As we were saying our goodbyes, we were interrupted by a little voice at the top of the stairs. I jumped again! When I landed, my hand found it's way in front of Karaia's eyes as I guided her back downstairs.
"What are you doing mom?"
"What? Nothing......"
"Why did you cover my eyes?"
"Because I was trying to help you sleep. You shouldn't be awake."
"No you're hiding something."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because you moved really fast when you saw me."
"I didn't want the door to hit me when I was closing it after Lindsey left."
"No......That's a different kind of panic..."
"Go to sleep, Karaia."
Monday, December 19, 2011
Fishy
One of Karaia's favorite restaurants is McGrath's Fish House. I'm not totally sure why this is, but when given the choice she will most likely choose to go here to eat.
Tonight was no exception.
At our house you get friend birthday parties ages 3 or 4 through 6 every year. After that you get a friend party every other year. On the off years you get to chose a friend to come out to dinner with us. Karaia invited her friend Asia to come along today.
This girls are so fun together. LOTS of giggling and silly conversations. Add to the mix that Beckham does not do a good job of hiding the fact that he has a small crush on Asia and you get a very entertaining night.
McGrath's does a great job with birthday celebrations. The birthday girl got the biggest serving of ice cream and was serenaded while wearing a fish hat. She thought it was magical.
I'm not quite sure what she will do with herself tomorrow when she no longer has an event to celebrate her birthday....
Tonight was no exception.
At our house you get friend birthday parties ages 3 or 4 through 6 every year. After that you get a friend party every other year. On the off years you get to chose a friend to come out to dinner with us. Karaia invited her friend Asia to come along today.
This girls are so fun together. LOTS of giggling and silly conversations. Add to the mix that Beckham does not do a good job of hiding the fact that he has a small crush on Asia and you get a very entertaining night.
McGrath's does a great job with birthday celebrations. The birthday girl got the biggest serving of ice cream and was serenaded while wearing a fish hat. She thought it was magical.
I'm not quite sure what she will do with herself tomorrow when she no longer has an event to celebrate her birthday....
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