It felt like we were crazy busy all day. This morning we read the paper then headed outside. Dad painted some cars and trains green for Justin’s room and I started to get Christmas lights out. Bret was still spray painting after I figured out what lights worked and didn’t. So the Jewish girl got on the ladder and started hanging them. I think I did pretty well until we discovered I started on the wrong end and there was no where to plug them in. Luckily we were able to come up with an alternative power source. While we were busy outside the kids were into everything, all the decorations. They were pretending a light up Menorah was a harmonica (from Alvin and the chipmunks). They were both holding signs and running around, Happy Chanukkah. They were having a great time, then the chalk came out. We came inside for a bit and the kids used their scissors and it occupied them for a bit. After lunch we headed out to get Justin a mattress. We scored as they had it in stock. Nicole was in a weird mood today but it was nice as she wanted daddy. The kids and dad ran into a grocery store to get a snack while I bought a mattress pad for Justin. We were home for a short bit then Justin and I headed out to a park. It was so fun having Justin time. We had fun playing in the sand, playing pirates, sliding down really fast slides…Justin put sand at the bottom of the slide and told me that would make it faster. He told me his pants were more slippery than mine so he went faster. I also needed to take a friend’s picture at the park. Justin was great. After the pics were done we went exploring a bit then headed home. Nicole and dad had a good time; she was in great spirits with dad. They played soccer around the house. We were planning on frying our turkey tonight but we were missing some crucial elements. We couldn’t find the temp gauge. It just seemed like too busy of a day so we gave up on the frying and went out to dinner. We will get it together tomorrow. The kids and I played while dad waited for the table. We had a nice dinner. Nicole and dad read books while Justin and I hung out in his bed. So nice there is room for me in the bed. Time to go finally relax.
December 6th, 2009 by melissa