One thing I’ll always remember about this Christmas is watching Harrison pull up a chair as soon as he looked up and saw the Yule Log.
The Yule Log stayed on all morning as we enjoyed Christmas morning.
And while parts of our Christmas were a little bumpy this year (and not just the camera that takes amazing pictures not wanting to work!), the kids loved playing with their new toys and driving me crazy until bedtime. In my book, that’s all that really matters.
Hope your Christmas was full of pie and holiday movies J
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The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is officially over.
I admit to waking up each day of the holiday weekend wondering what day it was and then breathing a sigh of relief I didn’t have to be anywhere but at home with my children.
But it’s now Monday.
Back to work and school.
No more eating homemade sweet potato pie for breakfast or ordering Chinese lunch specials because you crave a break from the candied sweet potatoes and orange infused green beans packed in your fridge.
No more everyone curling up on the couch or snuggling under the covers watching back to back holiday themed movies. Or making cups and cups of hot cocoa and making sure each cup had just the right amount of marshmallows in various sizes.
While Christmas break is on its way and this weekend can be relieved in all its food and fun glory; I thankfully have a few memories to hold me over. My favorite is of my children using water colors, stamp sets, beading kits and decorative hole punchers to entertain themselves after dinner. My kids are so crafty and I love it! And I’m so proud that TV can be turned off in our house and we survive.
This really is the most wonderful time of the year.
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Someone in my son’s daycare doesn’t have their cootie shots.
So now I’m writing this blog post from my bed.
I’m home.
Typing. As my little one recovers from puking on his daycare teacher.
Fun.
Actually, ew. I feel for the woman.
And for my little boy.
It’s always lovely when your child catches something from another kid.
So I’ll be home with him trying to work in between wiping up and throwing out.
And disinfecting the entire apartment.
If I’m lucky, he’ll take a nap, and I will watch Top Chef off TiVo.
Actually the last thing I want to see is food right now.
Yeah, T minus 3 hours before I’m sick too.
Or at least until I need to change my clothes or give him a bath.
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Tomorrow the kids will be in school while their paternal grandfather (whom they have never met) becomes a US citizen.
After decades in this country, he’s becoming a citizen and then packing up and moving (along with his wife) back to his birth place.
Unlike their grandfather, their grandmother does have an interest in knowing her grandchildren. And because my children do spend time with her this news makes me sad. Sad to know that part of their family will be far, far, far away soon. Soon meaning - probably less than a year away. Far meaning – an over 16 hour flight with a layover or two depending on the airline.
I wanted the kids to grow up equally close to my family and their father’s family. Although their paternal grandfather had absolutely no interest in a relationship with them for the past six years, I was hoping one day that would change. I truly was.
Now with a 16 hour flight between them; it doesn’t look like that will happen. And I’m so very disappointed. Disappointed that the color of my skin is the excuse this man has given for not spending time with his grandchildren. Disappointed that he would rather be an ass then get to know three sweet children.
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