It's officially December 26th, the day where the weeks of hard work shopping, wrapping, boxing, taping, bowing, decorating, baking, planning and cooking turn into mounds and mounds of garbage. How does this happen? I have made two trips to the dumpster at Jackman Construction, and the kids are busy playing with all their new things, and I am breathing a sigh of relief. We had a great Christmas and it was great to hear from so many of our friends and family that are so far away. My favorite present was something that the kids did for me in secret by having their pictures taken and then turned into a collage (2 of which I've shared with you in the blog header) They each had an individual one and then the two of them all together and framed in an adorable way, I just can't tell you how much it meant to me. I was wondering for two weeks as I was washing and ironing shirts that I never had seen them wear why they were in the laundry and even said to a couple "YOU NEVER WORE THIS -- WHY IS IT IN THE LAUNDRY??" And they even took the reprimand and said oh I'm sorry Mom, I guess I was being too lazy to just hang it up. UH-HUH. Good job. We had a good time watching Mr. Kruger's Christmas together on Christmas Eve. We let the kids off the hook this year on "It's a Wonderful Life". When I pulled it out the moans and groans were just too much to bear. We have been making the kids watch that movie EVERY Christmas Eve since Jordan was a little girl, which means even Kyle has seen it at least 6 times. They kept saying "We've seen this and PLEASE NO!" Hope you had a great Christmas as well, my New Years Resolution is to try to blog more frequently, as I look at the number of posts I managed in 2010, it's kind of embarassing, life is busy but I really do enjoy looking back and since I have run out of time to scrap book much, this has been my way of recording the little things that make my life happy and as I see how fast my children are growing, there won't be too many more years where I will have this opportunity. Wishing you all a Happy New Year.
Love to all of you and your families,
Melanie
Jordan and Skyler went to the Sweetheart Ball clear back in February, but we just got their pictures, the group one cracks me, up, I don't know what possessed the kid in the middle to decide he needed to be in the group photo, especially since he has no date, but he must have wanted to just be included. I think Jordan looks beautiful and grown up, she doesn't like her eyes in the picture of her and Skyler alone, but she's always had a problem keeping her eyes open for the camera, and obviously hasn't grown out of it! Anyway, It makes me happy that she is enjoying high school and has many good friends and is doing more than just worrying about her studies. She just got her first job working at the movie theater for the summer, I'm excited because her family members get in for free!
