Merry Christmas!

Oh joyous day!

The most wonderful time of the year...

We have been loving every minute of Christmas break. Yesterday we had breakfast together, the kids played nicely, and we played Candyland. Today we went out to breakfast, played at home, had naps, saw Santa, went to dinner, and saw the lights!

Lia has been adorable. She says that the lights are princess crowns. She thinks one of the Christmas songs us beautiful for princesses. She was friendly and sweet to Santa and had outstanding manners. When he asked her what to bring her, she said presents.

Looking forward to the big day!

Merp

Nerp is Lia's word. She uses it when she honks your nose, is bored, or poking you. It's so cute I can't stand it! And she's too busy to be bothered by pictures these days...

Break through

Time outs have gotten to be a real battle of wills. Like seriously nutso. One minute of silence took 45 minutes of yelling and crying. And it wasn't getting better. We knew it was a battle we had to win, but at what cost. We were all upset about it.

Enter the glitter bottle! This little gem has been on the web and I was skeptical. But turns out I was also desperate enough to try it.

Ah-maze-ing! In one try we were done within 5 minutes, then the next time it was just the two minutes. And no crying. Did you here that? Me either. Ahhhhh.

So there's a picture of the miracle bottle and Lia with her gift from Ulysses this morning. Note the "biggest smile" she's giving me there!

Ulysses D Elf

Ulysses D Elf has been here for a week now. He has decorated the Christmas tree, turned our milk blue, and hidden around the house. Tomorrow when Lia wakes up She will find some North Pole Snow from Ulysses and Santa.

I love to watch Lia's reaction to him. Happy to find him each morning but slightly worried when we ask her if Ulysses saw her doing something naughty. Can't wait to see her reaction tomorrow!

Pinterest Successs!

So I saw the 25 days of Christmas for your husband, I thought this was a great idea. Ta Da! I did it. It's taken me forever to come up with ideas, make the cards, and get them hung. I think it looks super cute. I hope David doesn't peek!

I made all of mine either tasks or gifts. Some will be easy like put the kids to bed alone, giving him radio time, start/scrape his truck, and bring him lunch. Others like getting a growler of beer or picking up Chinese may be a little more difficult, but it's worth it. Cus he's my main squeeze!

While the Cat is Away

Miss Lia Sassy Pants is off on an overnight with Nana and Papaw. That means taking advantage of our time! First David and I went to the parent teacher conference for preschool. Lia is doing well and we will continue to help her with her social skills, academically she is off the charts! After that we went to an adults only dinner. Ahhhh. It was like oh yeah, I like hanging out with you and not being mommy. I need to remember that.

In the meantime Jon was with Mimi. But we came home to a grumpy boy with sore tooth! A little orajel and this lady got to sleep all night long.

Today was a shopping extravaganza. I tried to get my Christmas shopping completed. I got amazingly close before Jonathan decided he had enough of his car seat. Then we went home and he started working on his crawling moves.

We had nap together snuggled on the couch, pizza with Daddy, and it's back in bed. Whew!

Rosie comes home tomorrow and I sure did miss her. The quiet is so nice, but Lia's sweet face is nicer!