It's finally over!!!

Christmas was crazy as usual. The kids devour their presents as soon as they are allowed to open them. I woke them up at 8am (yes, that's correct, I woke them up) and made them come down to eat something. Of course, no one was hungry. Harrison did eat one powdered donut and drink a little milk, but the other two had basically nothing. Grandma and Grandpa Neville arrived and all they cared about were the presents.

The opening commenced. Overall, I think they were all pleased with their gifts. Ian especially who proclaimed, "this is the best Christmas ever!" Taryn got her Nintendo DS (and a total of six games I believe) and a My Twinn doll that looks like her. Ian got an iPod and the Playstation portable (PSP) he's been wanting for several years. Thanks to his aunts and uncles for iTunes gift cards. And Harrison got the Smart Cycle and the Click Start, neither of which he has mastered and he quickly became interested in lesser gifts. Nonetheless, he spent most of the day drifting from toy to toy, including those that weren't even his.

I was so exhausted I spent most of the day in the recliner, half sleeping or actually sleeping . I've come to the conclusion that giving blood on Friday must have dropped my iron level really low because ever since then I have been absolutely drained. I fell asleep in the recliner Friday and Saturday nights and could easily have gone to bed at 8pm this evening as well, even after napping most of the day. I ate some Cream of Wheat this evening to give me some extra iron and I'll swing by the pharmacy tomorrow for some iron pills.

I won't bore you with the gifts Rob and I received. As adults, they become more practical than fun, though Rob did get some GPS Bluetooth thingie, and I'm not sure what for or what it does. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas. I will add some pictures on here later when Rob has uploaded them off his camera.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Bah Humbug!

With Christmas rapidly approaching, you can see from my lack of posting that I have been very busy. The children are now out of school for the year and will start back on Jan. 3rd. This means even more hectic days at home as they are all home together and fighting.

I gave blood today at the blood drive sponsored by Mom through her employer, the Red Cross. I am feeling very sleepy tonight. LOL! This was after all the other running around we did, i.e. getting kids haircuts and taking them to Target to spend some gift cards they got as gifts. It was a madhouse at Target and the entire mile radius around it. Traffic was atrocious, people were driving even more stupid than usual, and I swore I would not go back there until at least a week after Christmas now.

Harrison's been singing, "Rudolph the Nosy, Nosy." At least that's what he thinks the words are. The only part I can understand of that song when he sings it is, "and if you ever saw him." He does get that right. He has been very crabby lately and I don't know why.

Taryn is growing like a weed and is complaining her leg hurts again, which we suspect are growing pains because she has had that type of pain before. I'm beginning to wonder if she's going to end up taller than Ian. And Ian talked daddy into taking him to see National Treasure 2 tonight, the late movie at 9:20pm. Rob does not like staying out that late, so it was definitely a treat for him.

Seeing as how I can't stop yawning, I will leave it at this for now. I hope I can post more and catch up more after the holidays!

Harrison the Klutz

Harrison is constantly falling down, running, falling, hurting himself, etc. Yesterday, while running to get into the house after we picked the kids up from school, he tripped on Ian's feet near the door to the house in the garage and hit his face on the metal part of the step leading into the house. The result is what you see above. He has a fat lip that was hard and swollen and bruises and red marks from where he hit. Poor little guy.

Busy, busy, busy

See how busy? I haven't even posted in over two weeks. Life gets out of control. I keep thinking, if I can just get through this week, next week on the calendar doesn't look that bad. And then the calendar fills up. Very aggravating.

So this week, I had a Girl Scout District meeting on Mon. night, an HOA board meeting Tuesday night, a school bake sale on Thurs. and a Girl Scout meeting Thurs. night, and tonight I took Taryn to a production of The Littlest Angel at the Charlotte Children's Theater (for Girl Scouts). Wednesday night was the only night I was home. I haven't wrapped a single Christmas present and I know I have more stuff to do that I'm trying to block out.

I cannot imagine what mothers do who work full-time and have children. Of course, if I worked full-time, I would not schedule so much stuff, but even still. There's always dishes, laundry, etc. My house could use a serious purge/spring cleaning and the time is coming. In addition, the whole house needs painting, a task that is so daunting, I cannot even think about it right now.

Taryn's running a fever tonight and says her throat hurts. I hope it's not another strep throat coming on. She caught this about a month ago from a friend at school (who just had it again). More than likely, we'll spend another Saturday at a doctor's office or urgent care.

Enough venting. I should be off to bed. I'm so exhausted from this week that I could sleep for a month!