You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

J: This tastes like BUSTA LIME!

D: I'm not strong enough.
Me: You're not tall enough to reach.

D: I'm not big.  And Mom, you're old!
Me: And you're getting coal for Christmas.

C: MORE FIRE!!


(12/8) Work and school for all of us today.  I was going to attempt the gym, but completely missed my class with traffic being so horrible.  I gave up and just came home.  Dad had the oomph to go out Christmas shopping though.

(12/9) Ugh, this day.  The twins reset their clock and were up super early on my one day to sleep in. I managed to crack a filling somehow yesterday, so scrambled to get a dentist appointment for today.  The only day they could get me in this month was today, smack dab in the middle of preschool.  And of course it was my day to work in the classroom. I had to find a sub, see if Nanan could come watch the kiddos, and then had to pull the twins out of preschool early.  Thankfully, it all happened, and I was able to get to the dentist.


(12/10) Work day for me, and Dad had the kiddos.  C had hockey after school today and Dad got to wrangle the three at the rink.  Their pics came in though ~ super cute!

(12/11) Work day from home for me and Dad had the kiddos.  We've had a rental SUV for 24 days now while waiting for our truck to be repaired. We found out today that our rental allowance is almost up, and that the insurance for the party at fault might consider paying us back once we ponied up the dough... I figured since I was off for the next two weeks, we'd be fine returning the rental and going down to one vehicle.  I completely forgot about getting the kids to preschool and other events though.  'Cause I'm smart like that.  Dad went out with his buds this evening, and one of our most awesome friends will be lending us his rig for a bit.  Yay!

(12/12) Today certainly had its ups and downs.  The twins made great progress in hockey, and both got up on their skates!  C's game was moved to just after the twins' practice and I was excited to actually get to watch him.  However, a few minutes into the warm-up, I look over to see J's pants around his ankles, and a puddle on the floor.  He was too into his video games... and of course I didn't have a spare change of clothes with me.  So we went and hung out in the car while C played.  After his game, C went to a play at the Children's Theatre with Nanan, and the rest of us went home for lunch. It was my weekend to clean the preschool, so I scooted out for that. The weather was awful, which made commuting to other places loads of fun.


(12/13) Today was Santa picture day. We picked up the teenager and planned to go shopping after. My attempt at planning and organizing this day was disastrous.  C was miffed that we were shopping for other people and completely came unglued.  He took off on me a few times, and sulked for the picture.  I explained to him just from whom he got his stubborn streak, and we barely managed to turn the train around.  The rest of today outright sucked and I don't care to remember it, so am choosing not to write about it.

(12/14) I have most of this week off because I had too much vacation time. Thus, I scored a few hours to myself while all three kids were in school.  After I collected the twins, I brought them home for lunch, and we watched Home for the billionth time.  J likes to continually restart the movie because I don't think he enjoys the ending.  C had hockey this evening and had a really good practice!


(12/15) I went shopping while the littles were in class today. I am not done, but have a pretty decent start on things.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute!  After C got home, we took the kids out to dinner at the Japanese Steakhouse.  C was very enthusiastic about the FIRE, and though it scared the littles a bit, they really got into the show.


(12/16) Work day for Dad, and I worked in the twins' classroom.  Santa visited today, and the kids were SO excited!  All of the parents sent in books for Santa to give to the kids. D got Twas the Night Before Christmas, and J The Littlest Elf.


(12/17) Lazy morning for most of us.  C had school, but Dad, the twins, and I were all off.  D brilliantly shut himself in the linen closet by climbing under the bottom shelf and then pulling the door closed.  He was frantically trying to get out, but couldn't reach the doorknob because the shelf was in the way.  It took me a minute to find the poor guy.  I had my company office party tonight and we went glass blowing.  I made a paper weight and will post pics as soon as we get them back.  It was fun partying with my office peeps!

(12/18) Work from home day for me.  I have a short work week this week, and am off all week next week. C is off on break as well. Should be fun!