Words & Our Week

J: Lookit, snow day!
D: Let's go to Grandma's and get boots!

D: Hi Mama, I'm the JJ!
Me: No, I'm not the mama.
D: No, you the mama!
Me: No, I'm the JJ!
D: Hi, JJ!   

Me: Where is Deedles?
D: I don't know is.

D: Do you see Geoff, Mommy?
Me: Yes, I see Dad, Deedles.

D: Can I go to the Booger Cheese (Burger King)?


(11/25) Happy Birthday to Granddad! He cooked his own dinner and invited our herd over to celebrate.  I can't believe he puts up with all of us!  The grands even grabbed the teen from school and got a jump on Thanksgiving mousse.  Yum!  The teen is very excited to cook something to bring for Thanksgiving and has been poring over our cookbooks.  We had a lot of fun and Grandma made delicious desserts.  I am going to have to run a bazillion miles by the time this week is over. 


(11/26) Early releases for the bigs, Dad had work, and I had the littles. The teen decided on a chocolate truffle cake, and was dismayed to see we didn't have any cake mix, and that she'd have to make the cake from scratch too.  We made a grand mess and sugared up the twins before putting them down for a nap. Because cake.  Nanan arrived a little later to watch the boys while the teen and I went out for her appointment.  We fetched coffee after and then went home.  The teen was invited to a hockey game with a friend tonight, and Nanan and I had a nice visit over dinner.  The teen made it up on the big screen for the second time in a row, and the Tips won so that was a treat!


(11/27) Happy Thanksgiving!  The teen, C, & I went over to Granddad & Grandma's and had a really lovely time visiting.  Dad and the twin tornadoes came after nap at 3pm for dinner.  The littles didn't really want to sit for long and soon were making loops of the house.  Someone had the great idea to gate off the bottom of the deck, so they could use the full race track, looping in the house and then back outside.  I just stood in the center while they ran in and out, and it was all good.  One of Grandma's cousins brought a 20-lb chocolate turkey to share.  The kids all got to bust into it with hammers and then eat crazy amounts, and THEN have dessert too.  Dad took the boys home totally wired on sugar.  The teen and I stayed and watched the game, and then headed home to collapse in a food coma.  It was a very fun day!


(11/28) The teenager's siblings' foster mom (got all that?) invited the teen up to spend the night, and Nanan invited C to go up and stay with her, so I took the bigs up north and dropped them off.  We thought we were being all ahead of the game since the teen's brother's party was the next day, and Nanan had plans for Sunday so I figured I would collect the bigs after their respective fun days on Saturday afternoon.  Well Mother Nature decided to foil everything and flood, making it so the brother's family couldn't get out and the party having to be rescheduled to Sunday. We decided to stick with the original pickup plans, particularly since adventures in homework still needed to occur, and that we'd just drive the teen up for the party on Sunday.  Long story short, the littles and I scored a quiet night all to ourselves.  I can't tell you how much I needed that! After I put the little guys to bed, I caught up on my book and actually feel ready for book club next week! I may have had to re-read the book because I had forgotten how it ended.


(11/29) So it snowed over night.  We got about 3-4", but it melted off the roads pretty fast.  I took the littles out to see it, and then brought them in for hot chocolate.  Sarah and I then went out for a walk in it and got some coffee.  I was supposed to run a half marathon this morning, but bailed after seeing the terrible weather yesterday and the snow forecast for today.  I haven't trained, so really, it wasn't a huge deal.  After Dad went to work, Granddad called to see if I wanted to take the littles sledding.  We were all set to bum around until we had to load up to get the bigs, but I put us back in snow gear, chiseled the car out and we went over. Grandma had them open an early Christmas present of brand new light-up Spider Man snow boots!  Very much needed! We tested them out by sledding in their front yard.  There was just enough of a hill that it was perfect!  D is very cat like in that he wants to play outside when he's inside and to go in when he's out.  He kept running off to the door, but J played for a while.  We stayed for lunch and had a nice visit.  I then went up north and the littles conked en route.  We met Nanan and the teenager at the "Booger Cheese" and grabbed C and the teen to head back home.  I told the bigs about sledding this morning and they were jealous, so I called up Grandma & Granddad to see if we could come back for round 2.  We did, and the bigs got a turn while the littles and I holed up inside watching Finding Nemo. D and C were disasters, so after we had dinner and wore out our welcome, I took us all home.  We bailed on the Apple Cup party (sorry, Sarah!), and caught up on some TV we missed earlier in the week after all the boys had gone to bed. 


(11/30) The teen was sure glad she went to the hockey game on Wednesday, so she didn't feel too bad about missing the game with us tonight, so she could go to her brother's birthday party instead.  They went bowling and it sounds like they had a lot of fun!  I drove her up early, and Dad drove the littles over to Grandma & Granddad's to make cookies while we were at the game. The Tips lost in OT.  Our goal tender stood up and knocked the puck back between his legs.  Ouch.  It was still a fun night out, even if we lost.  The teen did her hair and some more homework after everybody got home.  I've decided she can do her own hair and deal with the consequences.  So it's uh, a splotchy blond now.  We're going with 'she meant to do that'. 


(12/1) Yikes, December already? It's Monday, which means I have work.  Dad has the kids and the bigs have school.  I feel like we have a lot to cram in this month and not a lot of month to do it.  So I'm pre-loading the coffee. We are wishing Oma a very happy birthday today!  I wish we could be there to celebrate with her!