Christmas

I know that i am late getting this on, I'm slow and don't have any pictures. Richard told me that I put them on the computer wrong and then told me how to do it, like I will remember that. But we didn't have too many pictures, because our camera was acting up. We started Christmas eve at home, making cookies and watching Christmas movies. I still wasn't feeling all that swell, so we really didn't do too much. The kids also opened their PJ's for the year night and went to bed around 9:00. The kids woke up to a ton of presents. I had bought some throughout the year and Richard went and bought a lot the day after Thanksgiving. That meant that some of the kids toys are now gone. Some of the toys they got for Christmas we decided to put up for the future, they can open them again some other year. Both kids had fun playing with their stuff the rest of the day and I spent the day cleaning, the kitchen and then deep cleaning the kids room. It was different for us not to have Christmas with any family this year, this is the first time that we haven't been at someones house. But all and all we had a good Christmas and are now working on getting everyone over their colds.

Another year

We had our 7 year anniversary on Sunday, to which I would love to say that we did something fun. But wouldn't you know it, I was sick. Mason and I have had a stomach flu, no fun at all. I spent all day Saturday in bed and the bathroom. Sunday I was trying to get anything to stay in me. The nice thing was the fact that Richard was able to be home those days to help me. He helped with the kids and even cooked, when I reminded him that the kids do need to eat too. Needless to say I still have a few things to get for Christmas, which might not be gotten this year, and I never did get to any of our friends gifts (sorry Tab!). I was going to make cookies with the kids, but who in the world wants to do that when they are sick. For now I am starting to feel better, but the kids say that they don't feel good. All I am hoping is that we are all well for Christmas.

Only Aubrey

I was outside blowing bubbles with Mason, Aubrey was crying in her room. I am still not sure why she was crying. But she comes out if the house with her backpack and tells me that she is moving. (She hasn't learned running away, because we know other families here who have moved.) I asked her to sit down and talk to me for a minute. It went something like this.

So where are you going to go?
My Grandmas house.
Well that is far away, how are you going to get there?
I don't know, fly on the airplane.
OK, what do you have in your backpack?
Books, Scooby Do ball and Kleenex.
Well, what are you going to do for clothing?
I am wearing clothes, mom.
It is about dinner time, what are you going to do for food?
I'll eat at Grandmas house.
It is going to be dark soon, won't you get scared?
I'll sleep on the plane.
OK, how are you going to pay for a plane ticket?
I am going to crawl to it, I don't need money.
Well which plane will you know to take to grandmas house.
The one with the tiger on it, it took me there last time.

If I could laugh right now, I would be dying. Later she told me that we all needed to go because we would miss her, even cookie. Then she changed her mind about cookie and told me that someone else could take care of her while we were gone. A little bit later she told me that she was moving again. This time she was going to "Dads parents house". I told her to go tell Dad. To which she said that she couldn't because he would be mad. So there you have it, Aubrey thinks that she is big enough to fly by herself to Grandma and Grandpa's house (both of them). I don't know where the silly girl would ever get such a thing from.

Finally happened

So after three weeks of this cold thing I have finally hurt my ribs/muscles. I was thinking the other day that I have been very lucky in the fact that this hasn't happened and well then it does. That is what I get for thinking. We are pretty sure that my ribs aren't broken or anything, just pulled the muscle near it. But it has been hard, I have a hard time even picking up Mason. But it could be worse, right now I just sound funny because I can't cough normal. I am to the point that I am ready to be done with this and move on with my life.

Christmas

I finally have something other than being sick to write about. We all are still sick, I getting over mine and Mason is starting it get worse. But we did get to go to the Christmas parade today. It was a lot of fun, it took about an hour and the kids got a ton of candy canes. One of the coolest cars I saw was a tigger car. It was an orange PT cruiser with tigger on it. One of the kids favorites was a group of dogs which looked like the dog Richard use to have, I forgot the name of them. All and all we had fun and the weather wasn't too bad. This will be our first Christmas without any snow, that might be a little crazy, for now we are just trying to get everything ready as the season seems to be coming fast.