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D: I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need... to get the night-night.
D: I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need, I need... to go to Ryker's house!
Walk into the room ~
D (exasperated): BOYS, NO!
Me: Couple of days left to Christmas!
J: Ho, ho, ho!
C: Let's rent Dragons 2.
Me: Didn't you already watch that with Nanan?
C: Yeah, but I was playing video games.
Me: Oh yeah?
C: Yeah, because I didn't have to get off.
Watching Bob the Builder, for research purposes ~
C: I just need a hammer and some nails.
Me: For what?
C: To build a house....
Me: Moving out already?
C: I'll just be in the back yard, so I can be right next to you.
Wearing a skirt ~
D: Mama? You got your jams on?
Me: No, D, this is a skirt.
D: Mama, you got your shirt on?
Me: This is a skirt. Or a dress.
D: DRESS! DRESS! DRESS!
As I was leaving to go to dinner ~
D: Mama, nooooo! You no need to go to work.
D: Boys, stay out of trouble. No probbles.
Watching Up ~
D: Dad! What happened?!
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(12/16) Work day for Dad and me, and Kathy had the kids. The teen had a visit after school today and we met her back at the house. She says she has a boyfriend now. Uh-oh, look out world! She went to hang with a friend for a while, so the boys and I spent some quality time watching LeapFrog. Our favorite.
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(12/17) Work day for Dad, and I had the kiddos. I took the littles to Gymagine for preschool play time and we met Grandma there. She treated us to Starbucks after, and the boys to cookies. We headed home after that, and I put the twins down after lunch. I woke them a few hours later to grab C from school. Somehow we decided on breakfast for dinner and I whipped a big batch of French Toast. Yum!
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(12/18) Work day for me, and Dad had the bigs. I came home after work and Dad ran the teen and her friend to art night at the Schack Art Center. Dad went out to do more shopping, grabbed the teens, and headed back out for groceries. Wee! I got to hang at home with the kids and be lazy, which worked just fine for me!
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(12/19) Work day for Dad and me, and Kathy had the boys. I got a call that the buses were being held up because the teen was trying to go home with a friend. I had given her permission to go with someone else and when those plans fell through, she was going with this other friend. Uh, nope. So I zipped over there and brought her back home where it took a while, but we eventually sorted it out. She got all the details for the new plan, I agreed and took her on over to the friend's house after I grabbed the boys. C had attitude coming out his ears tonight and I told him I wasn't taking that kind of 'tude out to dinner, and asked how he might fix it. Sure enough, he cheered right up and we went for burritos. We had a pretty good night, but when it was bedtime, I was so very done. C kept coming out and there was some question as to why the littles were not wearing pants. And at that point, I didn't care, and told him to turn the light off and go to bed. Fortunately, the littles ended the night clothed (Dad checked later). Shew.
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(12/20) Hockey for C this morning. I didn't hear from the teen until noon, but by then I'd already put the boys down for a nap. I told her I'd grab her in a few hours and brought her home to do a bit of homework before delivering her to the next slumber party. The boys and I settled on a movie night and went out to grab popcorn and cookies. We watched How to Train Your Dragon 2 and the twins made it through about half before I took them up to bed. After all the boys went up, I got to watch my TV and promptly fell asleep. Wild Saturday nights, yanno.
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(12/21) Busy day! C had a hockey game, and I had a race, so Dad had to wrangle the boys by himself. Granddad came out to help with the twins at the game. C had a +0 rating on this game (meaning nobody scored while he was out there), but his team got slaughtered today. Granddad said the twins were great. J got whacked accidentally by one of the kids coming off the ice, so has shiner. Poor little man. I ran the 12k's of Christmas with Sarah & Nana this morning. It was a much longer run than we've been doing as of late, so I know I'll be feeling it tomorrow. I got home at nap time, and caught a few episodes of Orange is the New Black, and then got ready to head out to Kids' Dinner at Grandma's. I put on a dress, and D kept hanging on it, exclaiming "DRESS!" and flipping my skirt up. Thanks, D. Sarah and I went to Kids' Dinner ~ Grandma hosts all of us kids plus our families for dinner and makes mountains of meatballs, ziti and other yumminess. We sat around and watched the game and had a nice time visiting. Sarah & I were actually together long enough we ran out of things to talk about, which is a rarity! The kids and Dad had another movie marathon, complete with caramel popcorn and other treats. D was really worried about a few of the scenes in Up, and J actually cuddled with the teenager for the entire movie. He never sits still that long, and I know that was a real treat.
(12/22) Short work week for me! I'm at work today and Dad has the kids. Bigs are off from school and we're looking forward to a festive, family-filled week!
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