On Monday it was crazy around here. I had answered the "How many more days?" question many, many times. The fighting was beginning to grind on my nerves, and I really needed to talk to an adult. You can imagine my glee when the cell phone rang, and I sprang to get it. In the process I hit my foot on the bar stool, breaking my toe. Great start to the week. It's also worth mentioning that Hannah decided to read all of our "early readers" which total around 6. Sounds really cute huh? It is cute for the first two or three, then it gets really boring. As a mother maybe I shouldn't feel that way, but I'm just trying to keep it real. Listening to a 5 year old read is exciting and new and, well grinding on the nerves.
Tuesday as part of the super excited hoopla Will was bouncing on me and the bed. He's notoriously rough anyway which I am trying to work on. At any rate he kneed me in the eye. It was the kind of pain that kinda makes you sick for a split second. Turns out I had a small black eye the next day.
Wednesday we managed to make it through the day with no major injuries, unless you count mental health injuries which at this point are to numerous to mention. Yesterday Mel worked until 10p.m. and Will didn't nap. This is also the day that Will decided to remove all the cushions from the sun room furniture and use them as a "pool" to jump on. He spent about an hour doing "Candy Balls" (cannon balls) off the couch onto the pillows. Funny huh?
Which brings us to today. We are spending the morning sitting in front of the fire watching Christmas cartoons. The kids have been surprisingly calm today, I guess they have used up there stores of energy already, or maybe they're just saving it up.
Hannah let me pick out any car I wanted from the newspaper. She said that daddy and her would buy it for me no problem. I'm really excited. I picked a brand spanking new 4-runner, loaded of course. Wonder when it will get here?
That's our week in review. We are all super excited about Christmas, and I am really hoping that the kids are getting old enough to understand the real and true meaning.
Merry Christmas from The Sanders' Family
By the way, I ordered Christmas cards, and I have them (all 50) in a box on the counter. They will not be addressed or mailed in time, or maybe not at all. I am such a slacker, but to my friends and family I really intended on sending you a card. I should have, and I don't have a really great excuse except I'm a lazy bum. Instead of addressing cards I probably watched a Lifetime Christmas movie or it might have been Hallmark. Just sayin'.
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