Beautiful Fun
I’ve had a beautifully fun, busy last couple days. I had my grandchildren over for the weekend and I taught my Booger the finesse of frosting a cookie. We also happened to have more snow this weekend than we have had in one day in a long time. So I bundled Boog up (reminiscence of ‘A Christmas Story’) and took him sledding in a make-shift bucket-sled. He had a ball! 20 minutes bundling him, 10 minutes unbundling him for a grand total of 12 minutes outside! Well worth it to hear his, "More! More! More!" Baby Tink has pneumonia and RSV. She was scary ill for awhile, and her nebulizer and medicine schedule kept me busy. She’s doing much better, and the doctor cleared her as well on Monday.
I don’t remember how I did it, when my kids were small, I worked full time, had both of them bathed and ready for the day by 7:00 am, I went to college in the evenings and had time to play with my kids and give them memories to boot. I had these two small children and when Sunday came, I felt like I was done runned over by a big ol’ truck! I’m glad school was cancelled on Monday, I needed the day to recover!
Decorating Cookies?
Bundled
(Ralphie's little brother Randy?)
Bucket-Sled (My Newest Invention!)
Sweet Baby Tink
Well, Monday came and my boss calls me at 7:30 asking me if school is out. "Yup". He sounds desperate and asks me to come help him. He started a snow plowing business and needs help keeping appointments straight and customers happy and just bringing a calm to a hectic day. (New Business + Biggest Snow In This Decade = CHAOS) I went over and did what I could. I stayed till 6:30 and accomplished a bit for him. I came home and fell out in the bed.
I woke up this morning with a sore throat, coughing, sounding like a Froggy from the ‘Little Rascals’. I went to work and came home to ship out 5 packages for eBay, wrap 35 gifts for work, make up 36 children’s gifts, and put a photo collage together. I’m ready for Motrin and Chicken Soup. I feel so yucky.
Tomorrow I take my babies at school to the Old Folks Home to sing for the old grandmas and grandpas. It’s my favorite field trip of the year. (If you haven’t yet, read my blog I titled Harvesting...Love) There is a special magic that happens when mixing babies and old folks. I’m more than a little pissed off at the weatherman right now though. He claims we are going to have freezing rain in the wee hours tonight and into the morning, along with fog. Not on my favorite day of the year! Please Mr. Weatherman not tomorrow!
Then comes Thursday, my last day in the classroom this year! In the middle of glue, and paint, markers and glitter, flour, sugar, chocolates and peanut butter, Christmas Trees and Christmas Carols, we have had a Christmas BLAST these last couple weeks. The kids will get their gifts, eat all the treats we have been making, read the books we wrote about Christmas and I will happily send them out the door for 2 glorious weeks! (Oh My Word, do I see Christmas in my classroom? Shame on me!)
I hope your week is going as well as mine!
and I am smiling...
love me later~tj
