Christmas

In the last week Jay had been so sick that he was in bed and did not get to enjoy Christmas or his brother being here.  CJ called me early from the sleep over party and wanted to come home.  At first she told me that one of the girl’s was being mean and then she just said that she really missed me and wanted to come home.  I am share that it was both and being tired.  Because the mom that hosted the partied called later and told me that the next morning all the girls were fighting and could not get along.  I told her it was that they were all over tired because they had been up until 1 in the morning and got up at 6 a.m.  I told the mom she was a brave woman for hosting a party like that.  CJ came home and slept until 4 in the afternoon.  When she wake up she told me about all the fun things that she did and what a good time she had.  I think that she forgot about all the fighting.

Saturday and Sunday we baked cookies, went the park to see Santa and the lights, and just had fun playing together.  CJ got me to do the Dance Party 4 Wii game with her.  I was so out of breath when I got done.  It was quite a workout. 

Christmas was just a quiet day with the three of us.  CJ was so excited about Santa this year.  The night before she put out reindeer food and milk and cookies for Santa, the next morning she told me about hearing Santa on the roof and the ping of Rudolph’s noses.  The ping was really from the battery going died on the smoke detector and it kept making a ping sound.  CJ loved all of her American girl doll stuff that she got.  She really liked her new peace sign night stand and jewelry armoire.  She talked about how the elves had made it and did such a great job.

The day after Christmas an old friend that I have not heard from in three years call me and invited CJ and I to go to the Children’s museum.  CJ and I had such a good time getting out of the house and playing at the Children’s museum.  It was nice to see old friends again as well.

I then decided that it was time to start going through closets and getting rid of stuff.  I Cleaned out CJ’s closet and had two toots of old closet that she had grown out of.  I then painted the closet and Jay built new shelves.  CJ was so happy about having a closet that was like a wake in.  She loved that she can reach of her clothes and I like how nice it looks.  It was a lot more work then I thought it would be just CJ loves it so just that during quiet time the last two days she has wanted to lay in her closet and read to her dolls. 

Today CJ got her first American Girl Magazine and grabbed it and started reading.  It has lots of activities and other things for girls.  I think that she is so happy about having it.  I was just glad to see her sitting and reading on her own at least a little.  She just does not like to read much.

Tonight for New Years Eve we are not doing much.  I have come down with Jay’s cold and am very worn out.  Not the way that I wanted to end the year but glad to be ending it with my family.