This morning we stayed home for a bit. The kids played, I played and somehow the morning was over quickly. We got our cookies and everything ready to bring to the kid’s teachers. Justin colored some pics for the teachers and Nikki colored pics for the family. The kids were excited to see their friends at school. I dropped the kiddos off and then headed off to the grocery store. I have some new recipes to try that I am excited about. Then I came home and relaxed a bit, ate lunch, then got organized with Christmas presents. I wanted to start wrapping but most of the presents are in Bret’s trunk. I picked the kiddos up and they played out front for a bit. Somehow we couldn’t find Nikki’s shoes. So we gave up and will find them tomorrow at school (I am working anyway). So she played outside with no shoes. I found out I was snack mom tomorrow so back to the grocery store. I carried Nikki (barefoot) to the cart and we got snack. When we got home we played with some dogs on the greenbelt. It got cold out so we came in. The kids remembered they received new play doh. So that came out. The kids made me lots of play doh burgers and cakes. They had so much fun and it lasted for a while. Mario Cart Wii trumped Play doh for Justin but Nikki stayed playing with play doh for a long time. What a mess to clean up. After dinner we played Trouble then the kids colored a bit. Dad ran to Home Depot to try and come up with a system to keep an animal from eating the last few oranges that are left on his tree. In the dark Bret built up a fence to protect his orange trees. $18.00 later I believe-not sure it was worth protecting 5 oranges. HA! The kids and I read lots of books tonight. We have had these library books for so long and are now just getting to read them. The kids went outside and played in the dirt before bed. But they were over tired and weren’t listening to well. They did go right to bed. It is so cool to be getting Christmas cards of pics I have taken.
December 15th, 2010 by melissa