2006's fondest memories

I was just surfing around to see what some of the headlines were for 2006 and I came across this little article about getting the epidural and nursing. I personally had no issues with it, I hate pain and loved the drugs for it. So reading that article, lead me to this article, Woman kicked off plane for breast-feeding baby. Interesting what will be remembered of 2006. For me, it will always be the best Summer, to-date, being off with both the kids and having lots of fun together. What is your fondest memory of '06?

Resolutions

The break and time with the whole family and friends has been great! Now I really don't want to go back to work. When do I ge to win the lottory???
Christmas was fantastic this year. Nikyla's expressions and comments were just so cute. "Santa was sneakin' mom" and "Do you hear that?" with her hand up to her ear, "I think I hear Dasher on the roof". We had been singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer before she went to bed. Jersey had fun ripping the wrapping paper and playing with everything. Ah, until next year.
Speaking of next year, we ring in the New Year soon. No sitters the night of, so we will be low key but that will be ok. Nice and relaxing just before back to work...ugh. My next years resolution is to start a better workout routine. Anyone else have any resolutions??

Holiday cheer

Nikyla has been asking for her friends, the sitters kids and other kids at the sitters, to be able to come over to her house for awhile now. So the other day I thought, why not throw a Christmas party for her and her friends. Jersey would love it too. So we have a Christmas party planned this Saturday morning. Just some hot cocoa, cookie decorating, nametag making and Christmas crackers. Enough to keep them busy for a bit and hopfully some of us mom's can chat, have a coffee and relax.
I never watch Smallville, but I did tonight and man, I am missing a show with some real hotties in it! Might have to make it part of my regular weekly watching.

How much have you done?

I am, say 90% done my Christmas shopping. I know things I want to get, well most, but it's the time to get out and get them! I am trying to teach Nikyla a couple of things this Christmas. First, I try to explain to her this is Jesus' birthday but we all celebrate it. I would like to take our family to the Church Christmas Service this Sunday, and make that a yearly tradition. Second I am trying to explain that it is great to give gifts and how it makes her feel by receiving them, so by her giving gifts makes others feel that way, that great feeling. I am not sure she gets it but she is very excited to head out, just the 2 of us and go Christmas shopping together. She is going to go and get some special gifts for friends and family. We did have the Christmas shoppe, she only shopped for 2 family members. I really wanted to take her out, to see her train of thought on choosing a gift. I would like to see her choose a gift and put it in Toy Mountain for children that don't have a Christmas gift. I am not sure she will understand but I would like to make it a tradition. Are there any traditions you are going to pass down or start with your family?

Happy Birthday to You

Let's do the time warp again... Dan was just a young lad turning the good ol' age of 27. I decide to throw him a surprise birthday party at the Keg Manor. The night comes, he doesn't want to go. I have 'friends' (we will use this term lightly) at the apartment with us not backing me to go. Dan wants to stay at home watching the hockey game. He complains enough to bring me to tears, I don't want to ruin the surprise but he is NOT budging from the couch with beer in hand. I have about 25 people waiting there. Finally he says fine let's go, and then some choice words at the end of it. So we go, he complains the whole way there, why there, who cares, I can't watch the game there... the complaints go on and on. We get there and we are brought to the party room there, he realizes it is full of his friends. He looks at me and says I am so sorry. I said no worries, I will never, ever, ever, EVER throw you a surprise party again as long as I know you. I will stick by those words for the rest of my life.
This leads me to my next blurb.
Earlier in the month I asked Dan if he would like a birthday party November 25th since his birthday is the 29th. He says no I don't think so. Then he changes his mind and wants to have it December 2nd. Now he does know that Light Up the Night is on the Friday night, Saturday I work the nursery school Christmas Shoppe (I did my time working the wrapping table), party that night then Sunday run my butt off all day for a Christmas Tea at my work AND is the town's Santa Clause Parade. Ok so I will do my best, worked out not too bad, except both kids got sick that night. Jersey had the grossest, smelliest runs and Nikyla had a sore tummy that kept her up from about 11:45pm and finally threw up at 2 am-ish. If it wasn't Nikyla up, it was Jersey up, all night. How I managed to get through the Sunday without dropping sometime in the day, is beyond me! Dan and his crew finally wrapped it up around 3am after I reminded him that he did have the kids all the next day to himself and had to wake up early. Clark, his friend that stayed over and is a batchlor, stayed around most of Sunday with Dan and the girls. Sometimes I wish I was a fly on the wall to watch these 2 in action with the kids.

Double checking is a good thing

Since, at least, last week we have been so busy I barely have time to sleep. And I LOVE sleep.
Let's go back in time .... say last Thursday. The sitter called me at work and her kids are sick and throwing up. I should go and get Jersey, as Nikyla was in school. I asked her if she could watch Jersey just another half hour, for me to clean up at work and then pick up Nikyla on the way, save me from packing up Jersey twice. Sure she says. Great! I get ready at work by bringing some of it home to work on, pack it all up and I planned out the rest of my time. Run my errands for work with the kids, will take longer but needs to be done. So I get to the nursery school, I am running now, as I am late... as usual. Then I remember, I forgot money for her field trip, head back to the Blazer and grab it. Run in, sign a made permission form since I lost my 'official' form, give the money, grab her art work while she is explaining her day to me then head out the door. Grab for the keys to unlock the door and they aren't there... ok they must be in the school, I must have put them down when I signed my handmade form. Let's run back in, we have no time to lose, we were suppose to be at the sitters now 15 minutes ago. I look around, not there... you gotta be joking me right??!! RIGHT??!!! I have often panicked that I locked my keys in the truck but it has never actually happened. I take Nikyla by the hand and run out to the truck and peer in the window, yep there they are in my purse. Lovely. Dan is in Ottawa and taken off days last week... Ok let's call my trusty neighbour, thankgoodness for neighbours! She packs up her 3 kids and comes to pick us up. By this time I am over another half hour late. I am sure everyone knows by now, we are rarely on time. To sum up, I called Dan asked him to come home early or right after work, he is off at 4pm daily. Needless to say we walked in our door at 5:30pm. Better late then never right???