(12/11) Day off for me and work day for Dad. Nanan came to watch the kids while I volunteered in Colton's classroom. I'm sure I say this every week, but I so enjoy volunteering and helping with art projects and such. Colton's teacher is so appreciative, and I know he loves it too. After school I ran some errands, and then finished our Christmas ornaments at home while visiting with Nanan. She left after I brought the big boys home (smart lady!). I made pizza which was a big hit and all the kiddos ate and ate. J even asked for seconds on salad. *SALAD* Woot!
(12/12) Work day for me, and Dad had the kids, plus one. I came home to a yummy meal and got to play with the kiddos for a bit before they went to bed. Best way to decompress - being a human jungle gym.
(12/13) Oh dear, it seems the stomach bug is going around. Colton and Kathy were both down with it today. I came home early from work today. He watched some television and napped, and was frustrated that he was so tired all day. And he hardly ate a thing. Poor bubba... Though he magically did seem better enough to sample some of the butterscotch chips for the haystacks I'm making today. J & D seem to be fine and ate and napped like normal.
(12/14) The big monkey is feeling much better today, but wasn't up to playing hockey, so we stayed home this morning. He managed to eat some Cheerios and later some soup. I'm so glad it was a quick bug! Nanan came this afternoon so I could go to a cookie exchange. I brought home almond roca, fudge, gingersnaps, shortbread cookies, white chocolate cranberry cookies and some of my haystacks. YUM! Nanan agreed to stay with the kids while Colton and I went to Jason's birthday hockey game. We lost in style with an empty-net goal at the end. Sigh... Nanan said the littles were crazy and she doesn't know how I manage. It is a bit crazy at times, but they're all such nice boys. Colton was so great this evening - we played the box game, munched on some popcorn and enjoyed our time. He looked exhausted at the end, and as it was hours past his bed time, he went straight to bed after we got home.
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(12/15) Date day! Slept in after a late night and woke with the littles at 8am. Made them waffles and we all got to hang out in our pjs. I did some cleaning and Denton kept appearing upstairs, wanting to check on what I was doing. Dad finally had to hold them both so I could get the downstairs cleaned without them unplugging the vacuum or escaping. After lunch, I put them down and Grandma and Granddad showed up to do a gingerbread house with Colton. Dad and I escaped for a movie and sushi from our favorite spot (shh, don't tell Colton!). We didn't have our normal waitress this time, but did see her at the end and she said she missed the kids. They're so nice there! Back at home, Grandma said J was counting her Monopoly money and doing a fine job, and D was getting swings from Granddad. I fixed the kids dinner, but was too stuffed to eat any myself. Not too stuffed to not eat a cookie from yesterday though ~ we're steadily working our way through our haul!
(12/16) Back to work with me today and Dad has the kiddos. We are going to attempt our family Santa photo tonight.. Wish us luck!
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