Christmas!

Well, Thanksgiving came and went. Everyone came! And everyone eventually went. And thankfully, I didn't have to do all the dishes by myself. We had lots of leftovers, and to be quite honest, there were a few things I don't care to have any time soon!
Christmas decorating was great! Those two little boys of mine did an awesome job decorating! It's funny how, when you relinquish control, things can turn out so good. I honestly didn't care how evenly spaced out ornaments were and a few got broken this year. I know there are many out there who say things like, "Well, you need to put them up higher on the tree." "And, I just taught my kids that certain things are theirs and certain things aren't." And I value these things, but I am so glad that they wanted to rearrange the ornaments and some got carried down to the basement and some (well two got thrown away!).
They need to feel some ownership as well. Children are so much apart of this as adults are. And no, my Christmas tree wouldn't win an award, but I thought it was beautiful.
Christmas Eve around 2:00 p.m. Landon's eye started to look somewhat pink and puffy. By 6:00 the poor guy was having trouble looking at his gifts. I was so sad for him. Not much you can do for a 5 year old that just wants to open up his presents. And the next day, Noah got the same thing only worse. His one eye was soooo puffy. So Sunday, I celebrated out at Grandma Didrick's by myself. It was actually nice to not have to worry about this and that and entertain the kiddos. I got to enjoy myself a bit more. All in all, our celebrations for the weekend were great. I just wish my boys would have been feeling a bit better. They were thrilled with all of their gifts though. Santa did a good job! Yay!
And now, all those people that couldn't wait to get their decor. up have already taken it down. And we are still celebrating. We are celebrating the life of Christ. We celebrate Christmas up until the Baptism of the Lord which is January 9th. My tree is burning bright. I try to leave it on all night just so people see it! I want to make sure that they can see our tree!
And now it's New Year's! Happy New Year! Our plans of course got rearranged a bit with the boys having pink eye. But we did have a nice time with my sister and her boyfriend and my parents. We played games and had snacks. The boys were up until about 10:30 and Landon was ready for bed. It was so funny because at 10:00 he wanted to stay up all night long and 1/2 hour later he couldn't wait to go to bed! Love it! By the time everyone left at about 1:30, there were still dishes that needed to be done. I am proud to say that they are all washed and mostly put away! I couldn't help it! I wasn't about to let some of that stuff sit all night and when I got to a place where I could stop, well I just had to keep going. So the kitchen is pretty clean right now. I'll be so glad in the morning.