Well, we survived Christmas! The last of the family just left and we actually had a great time. We had a barrage of people over a two day period that encompassed all of Scott's direct family. Christmas dinner was salmon and a really yummy sweet potato casserole along with a spinach salad. The boys had a blast with their cousin with activities including everything from playdoh shaping to soccer in the front yard and a back country hike through the backyard woods.
Scott's parents did particularly well this trip. There was minimal smoking and the energy levels were high and positive. I think the kids really enjoyed spending time with them and are looking forward to the next time they see them this summer at the beach. Nora is as sweet and innocent as ever; sometimes it makes me think that I have exposed my boys to a bit too much of the "real world". It is what it is though.
Overall they're good kids. We do need to work on manners and being gracious a bit I really have a tough time teaching this and feel often times as though I don't have the patience I really need to deal with it. I am many times embarrassed by the way my children handle situations, each other, and others around them. How do you teach graciousness? Manners? Relating to adults and peers?
Monday, December 28, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
December 25th 2009
Ok, it's high time I started this blog. I've been meaning to start writing about my days as a mom of three boys for some time now but never seem to have a free moment to actually sit down and do it (surprise surprise). So here I sit on Christmas morning. It's just past 7am and I've been up since 6:30. It's amazing to me that I've been waiting 10 months for Andrew to sleep through the night so that I could get a better night's sleep and now that he's finally doing it, I'm the one that's getting up in the night.
Scott and I spent over three hours wrapping gifts for the boys last night. I guessing that means that we're buying too much for them. I can't help myself though. I just love the looks on their faces when they open their gifts. I feel like we did well this year too. I really tried to buy things I thought they would like and not just "things" because we had to get something. And there aren't many surprises any more for us adults, but I do still have the unknown when it comes to my present from my husband. He usually does a good job, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he got.
Andrew still has his cold; he's had it for over a month now, and it's definitely getting old. I keep hoping he'll wake up one morning and it will be gone. We've been doing the Albuterol treatments to help out, but I'm guessing I'm not doing enough of them. It's hard to be diligent though, when you're child behaves like a caged animal every time you attempt to administer one. He absolutely hates getting them.
Well, I guess that's it for post number one. A whole bunch of exciting information I realize, but hopefully you can make it until the next amazing post. I'm sure there'll be more to add this evening once festivities have commenced and the loot is in circulation. So until then a Merry Christmas to all!
Scott and I spent over three hours wrapping gifts for the boys last night. I guessing that means that we're buying too much for them. I can't help myself though. I just love the looks on their faces when they open their gifts. I feel like we did well this year too. I really tried to buy things I thought they would like and not just "things" because we had to get something. And there aren't many surprises any more for us adults, but I do still have the unknown when it comes to my present from my husband. He usually does a good job, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he got.
Andrew still has his cold; he's had it for over a month now, and it's definitely getting old. I keep hoping he'll wake up one morning and it will be gone. We've been doing the Albuterol treatments to help out, but I'm guessing I'm not doing enough of them. It's hard to be diligent though, when you're child behaves like a caged animal every time you attempt to administer one. He absolutely hates getting them.
Well, I guess that's it for post number one. A whole bunch of exciting information I realize, but hopefully you can make it until the next amazing post. I'm sure there'll be more to add this evening once festivities have commenced and the loot is in circulation. So until then a Merry Christmas to all!
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