Yesterday I got to sleep in till 8:30. Yes friends, this is going to be one of those warm and lovey posts. Settle in. I love this phase where my kids are intuitive enough to pick up on the fact that if they let mommy sleep a bit, they will have a nicer day with a more pleasant mommy. Now if I could just get Noah to transfer that perception and apply it to waking his sisters up.

I spent the morning blogging (its amazing how long it takes to do those Meme’s isn’t it?) and then straightening the house, then bathing the kidlets and washing everyone’s hair. And at what point can kids wash themselves unsupervised? That’s rhetorical because I know it depends on the kid and tons of different factors. Emma, who is very independent, still can’t wash her hair herself. It’s too thick. So it’s a major 45-minute production to do three showers. And of course, Emma is extra difficult right now with the cast.

Then we piled into the minivan and saw Santa. That was a lot of fun. Emma is really struggling to believe. She says she doesn’t, but her actions speak that she really does believe deep down. She just can’t rectify the logic of some fat man flying around in a sleigh filled with toys all over the world. When I asked her why she didn’t believe her response was “Have you ever seen a flying reindeer?”

Then I came home and made a delicious dinner of stuffed pork chops. Daddy came home and I retreated to the office and bought legal music off of itunes. Did you know that not all artists are participating in downloadable music? Uh… are they crazy? By not participating in legitimate enterprises, it just means people are going to get their music illegitimately. I listened to Trans-Siberian Orchestra while sipping some hot chocolate. Life is good.

Today I have laundry to do. I am baking cookies with the kids. I am wrapping gifts. I am handling the countless tasks on my to-do list like calling the mortgage company to figure out how to get them to cosign the insurance check from Hurricane Charley. Yay! The check came! Merry Christmas to Me! I will admit that I gave the kids an early present (GameCube Games) so I could get somethings done this morning. And at some point todoay I need to sit down and work on “school stuff” with Dinara and Emma.

Tomorrow we are going to see the Polar Express and then go to a bonfire and caroling with friends if the weather holds out. Which is part of the motivation for cookie baking today.

And John will be off work on Thursday and Friday. We are having friends over for Christmas Eve before heading to church for a candlelight service. My kids are completely full of wonder and excitement. They have told me they are going to BURST before Christmas. I think I might too just from the anticipation of how blessed we are and how awesome this Christmas Season has been to us. (Amazing how employment and no one dying or being hospitalized can put things into perspective and cause you to savor every precious moment!)

I appreciate every single moment of this season. Sure it’s hectic… but I love it.

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