Notice the tackling in the background...a nice peaceful Christmas picture.
Still tackling...and now Michael is trying to eat his stocking.
Okay, so I'm not so good at remembering to post. My parents are visiting, and we've been having lots of fun. What a generic sentence. I'm listening to Lily jabber in the background right now, so I'm having hard time concentrating.
So what have we been doing? Well, there was the nekkid Santa incident. And my mom and I went on the historical tour that happens one day a year in our town (12 historical homes are opened up by their owners so you can go through them...so much fun...we went in a private home that was built in 1636...and people just LIVE there...every day going home there...amazing...). Michael has been on a sleep strike...arghhhh. We got out the Playmobile nativity set for the first time. Here are some other funny things...
--I was wondering if you have to make an effort to start traditions or if they just happen. I got the kids chocolate Advent calendars. Lily's is Mickey Mouse and friends and Andrew's is the traditional colonial village scene. But each day they get to open a window to find a piece of chocolate. When we opened the first one, Andrew said, "Well, I guess I'll save it until after lunch" (our usual acceptable candy time). When I told him that he could eat his Advent candy whenever he opened the window, because it was Christmas time, you would have thought that he'd won a million dollar lotto. This kid doesn't even LIKE chocolate, but the fact that he can eat it at 6:30 in the morning when he wakes up is so thrilling he RACES down to open it each morning. I have a feeling this will be something he remembers...
--Andrew is sleeping on the floor of his room while Pepere sleeps in his bed. To his credit, Andrew hasn't complained AT ALL about this arrangement...a testament to how much he loves his Pepere. But the first morning, he woke my dad up at 5:55 am. Woke him up and whispered, "Pepere? I just wanted to let you know that if you need to know what time it is, I have a clock. Right over there. Just in case you wanted to know." And then he climbed back onto his inflatable mattress and stared at my dad for 30 minutes until the acceptable 6:30 exit time. He never tried to wake my dad again...he just wanted to let him know about the clock. The large glowing red digital clock right next to the bed. ;)
--The nativity scene is a huge hit. But my kids INSIST on playing with Baby Jesus. There will be no keeping him away until Christmas morning this year. And they FIGHT over Him. And I have found myself yelling loudly, "Jesus wouldn't want you fighting over him!" Which is a lesson I think the whole world could stand to listen to.
--Today, we were all playing in the family room, and a great stink suddenly filled the room. I said, "Phew! Who smells like poop?" And Lily yelled at the top of her lungs, "I DO! I DO!"
Okay, and here's my first foray into posting a video. Please enjoy Lily and I singing, "The Wheels on the Bus" unfortunately cut off just before Lily does her Wah Wah baby verse. If this works, I'll try to post more videos...
4 comments:
SO COOL! This is like having you back in Louisville. I love it.
I love your addition of videos, but they make me realize that Reina only knows 2 songs...and that's a stretch. She sings "know my ABC's" and "jingle bells" over and over. We'll have to work on that one. Keep up with the videos!
Your parents are there again? I am so freakin' jealous that they visit so often (and they aren't even local)! What I wouldn't give for some babysitters...I mean visitors. :-)
I love that she jumped up and yelled that it was her pants, like she'd won something!!!! HA!
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