December 3rd-9th

Eggnog is delicious!

(12/3) Work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kiddos.  I dug out our sweaters and hats ~ this week is gonna be a cold one!

... down to the very last drop!

(12/4) I slept in this morning and then went to volunteer in C's class.  They are gearing up for the holidays and I took pictures of all of them today, and did some prep work for an upcoming art project. I also got to read with a few groups. Nanan had the littles so I took the opportunity to hit the gym and have some quiet time with my book, which I still didn't get finished for Friday.  Whoops.  After school, we bundled up the kids to take them to the Country Store which was doing Santa pics.  We had 2 adults (myself & Nanan), Moose, Nanan's dog Zoe, and the three kids.  Even with 3 shots, I doubt they got us all looking the right way. The kids got candy canes, and D ate the plastic AND the cane.  Nanan treated us to cupcakes, and I was smart with the littles and got them ones with gingerbread cookies on top, which they ate and then I "helped" the frosting come off (purely to contain the mess!) and let them have their "muffins" on the way home.  We finished the day of sweets with polishing off the eggnog before it expired.


(12/5) Work day for me and Dad had the kids. We took the kids out to sushi tonight at our favorite restaurant (Sushi Spott).  J has been on a salad kick, and inhaled all the green salad, and kept thieving cabbage out of the yakisoba we ordered to supplement the rolls (also quickly inhaled). D was so polite - he thanked the waitress every time she brought something to our table.  So cute!  I really appreciate the waitress there, she knows the kids by name and visits with us each time we go. I told her how very kind she is and thanked her as we were leaving.  D & J rode with me on the way home and D kept telling me how we needed to go to "Maymie's house" (Jamie's).  

(12/6) TGIF!  Today was a work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kids.  I left early to go to another foot appointment where I was finally cleared to run (WOOHOO!!).  After that, I picked up the kiddos early. C had a play with Nanan and I had book club. I love book club!  Granddad and Grandma came to watch the twinsies and said they were a riot.  They kept them up late.  Here's hoping they sleep in tomorrow.  We all could use it!


(12/7) We woke to frozen pipes this morning. I turned the heater on in the laundry room and opened up all the cabinets, and then headed out to the gym.  Brilliant move when you have no water in which to shower... But I hadn't had my coffee and didn't think things through.  After stopping for coffee, I came home and got the kids ready for hockey.  We got to hockey only to discover that C only had one skate. I spoke to rentals, the pro shop, the parents in our locker room, the coaches, checked lost & found, and finally managed to borrow a pair of skates.  During all this, J spilled his drink alllll over himself, drenching himself in the process.  Oh, and did I mention it is 24° outside, and was not much better inside next to the ice? Grumble. I got J all cleaned up, changed, and then fed the twins snack (pomegranate, a huge fave). Then we wandered around and tried to keep warm.  From what I saw of it, hockey went okay.  We came home and checked the water: still off.  We went to Sarah's and filled up a jug so we could camp in our house. On the way home, I grabbed some teriyaki for the kids.  We were going to go to Warm Beach to see the lights, but it is so bitterly cold that we decided against.  I chatted with Granddad who gave me an idea to improve the heat in the laundry room, so moved things around and voila, water!  Yaaaay!  We also got out our Christmas decorations and put up some of it where the littles can't disturb it much.  C decorated the whole tree by himself.  Love it! 

Our tree!

(12/8) We again woke to a frozen kitchen sink, but at least we had water in the bathroom so I could make coffee.  That is a necessity!  I spent the morning with the kidlets while Dad ran errands, and once he returned, I took off for a class. It was a whopping 22°F!  Brrr!  After nap, we headed to Grandma & Granddad's for a little tree decorating.  They had the cool lights running along the bottom of the tree and a few non-breakables for the kids to put on.  We only lost one ornament. Balls are meant to be thrown, yes?  We had yummy fish tacos for dinner and chocolate souffle for dessert.  They spoil us!  J crashed on the way home, so I put him directly to bed while D was still going full steam at bedtime.  Sorry, kiddo. I put him to bed and caught a shower just in case it decides to freeze again tonight.  It's supposed to warm up and "rain". Yay, snow.

(12/9) Today was a work day for me and Dad has the kiddos, plus one.  We have Bridger this week too and are hoping good things for his family.