It started off rough. Lots of fighting, made me 'a lot' nervous about having them home for so long. I guess it's just practice for Christmas break which is coming way too fast.
We went 'home' for Thanksgiving. Emmitt kept yelling "I don't want to stay home, I want to go to grandma and grandpa's". Yes, I still call it home even though it's been 15 years :) and I kept trying to explain to him what I meant . . . but he just got more mad, so I dropped it and assured him that we were going to see both grandparents.
We stuffed ourselves with two complete Thanksgiving meals, one for lunch and then several hours later for dinner. We also celebrated Grandpa's, Emmitt's and Castiel's birthdays. And even after two meals, I couldn't turn down a slice of DQ ice cream cake :)
Over the holidays, I found out that all my kids love pumpkin pie, which surprised me a little. The huge mountain of cream piled high on each slice may have help a bit :)
We attempted to take lots of family photos, which I haven't had a chance to upload yet. I'm hoping for some good ones, so maybe I'll make a Christmas cards this year.
We had beautiful weather Thanksgiving day. We got the kids outside, ran them around a bit. Then the temperature dropped over night. Just in time for shopping.
We've done Black Friday shopping for many years now. This year was a little different. I shopped Thursday evening on-line until 2am, then got up on Friday at 6:30am to shop with Zoe until nearly 1:00pm. Then shopped for a couple of hours on Saturday with Audrey.
I didn't like the idea of taking the girls with last year. This year I found it very helpful. Maybe because I feel like I'm behind this year, it's nice to have a little help making decisions.
We did really good this year. I felt like I found some great deals.
Black Friday shopping is important for me. With five kids, getting away to shop is very difficult. I have built-in babysitters at 'home' that I appreciate SO much for letting me go out. I think I would really struggle through December without those couple days.
And I finished up on Cyber Monday. I have my lists and just searched for the best prices :) Saved lots of money on items that I planned on purchasing any ways. I love being able to shop from home.
It's a lot of work making Christmas magical for five kids, but definitely worth it. It's definitely one of the best times of the year to be a parent. So much excitement in the house. So much curiosity. So many questions. I love it all.
I'm ending this post totally randomly :)
The kids and I had the best discussion tonight. Zoe, out of nowhere said, "I wish I could fly!" Which lead her to ask, "If you could have any super power, what would it be?"
After a bunch of brainstorming of all the great powers, we all agreed that flying would be the best! Even the twins joined in and Emmitt started running around the room saying "I'm Superman, I can fly."
Then Cameron added, "I think being invisible would be pretty cool too."
Is there another super power that beats flying? Doesn't everyone wish they could fly :)
Actually, I've decided to end the post on a VERY EXCITING turn of events!
We were able to welcome home Mike and Tracy from South Korea. They made it through there year abroad safely with SO many great experiences to remember forever. They have returned to their life in Virginia, but have to wait 2 months for the majority of their possessions to arrive by boat. Happy to have you both back :) And I'm also very jealous of the amazing journey you both experienced over the passed year.
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