yesterday was another busy one. i decided to dedicate it to doing laundry. the girls head to the neighbor’s house…within an hour i get a call that he needs to run an errand the kids have asked to go to my house. no problem, send them on over. so 5 kids and a dog come around the pond to play at my house. yes, they brought their dog. i’m not sure if she was supposed to come in with them, but she did. tiki had a play date too. so five kids and two dogs were running around the house playing hide and seek, tug of war, or wrestling. yes, this is a wonderful way to complete the laundry task. dont do that to your sister…be nice to guests…sit in the kitchen with your drink, get that out of your mouth…bring that back! no biting! all said to both dogs and children.
most of the laundry was completed. i spent the evening…all the way to midnight wrapping presents for my cousins. our family has gotten WAY too big. 12 children and dual adults to match, throwing in a few extra here and there.
but before i could play santa to my cousins i had to visit my mother. LONG story for another day here, but we are not your typical mom and daughter combo. mother recognizes me as her daughter, i recognize her as the one who birthed me. that’s about the extent of it. but i do feel obligated to take my girls to visit every year or so. the girls were wonderful. they said please, thank you, and ma’am. woohoo! manners! only once did my youngest ask when we would “get, got, gone”. that’s just a funny phrase we use. it wasn’t long in that she asked either. we got to the house (out in what we call here in the south, the boondocks, or sticks) and no one was home yet. i knew mother had an errand, but she was supposed to be back. ok…my girls wanted food so we turned around and went to a place that had food. surprising, this spot in the road had the best burger i have ever had. turned around and drove the twisting road back. mother still not there. she arrives about 5 minutes later. girls open their gifts, play, and smile nicely. they are really wanting to get to mawmaws, my aunt, so they can play with their cousins. they were very patient. i was truly impressed. after a few hours our duty was done and we headed home, to my aunt’s chaotic house about an hour away. i love the craziness that is home.
everyone sing now…”oh there’s no place like home for the holidays . . . “
December 23rd, 2005 at 12:05 am
sounds like your going to be so busy busy for the holidays!
Happy holidays from the stephens and Leopards in oregon
michele sent me
December 23rd, 2005 at 12:37 am
Looks like you are going to have a blast this weekend. Happy holidays. Here via Michele.
December 23rd, 2005 at 8:45 am
Your girls sound so adorable! Happy holidays! Thanks for visiting my blog!
December 23rd, 2005 at 2:16 pm
I just noticed that you put me on your blogroll. Thanks. I’ll make sure to come by and check up on you. I still have presents to wrap today. Nothing like the last minute.
December 23rd, 2005 at 9:06 pm
np yellojkt…there’s no rhyme or reason to it, i just click roll it if something catches my eye. hope you don’t mind!