tis the season

our xmas cards arrived in the mail today - they are awesome.  my shopping is complete - near complete, i mean the big stuff DONE.  took myself to the american girl doll store, ka-ching and bought huxley the biggest coolest truck i could find.  did my parents have as much fun xmas shopping for us - the barbie ski hill, WOW. 

and now we plan our meals and entertaining and family time, thats the part i like the best, planning meals, cooking them, having friends over, playing with the kids, staying up late, sleeping in, staying in jammies, going for walks, coffee, a few skis, movies, read a few good books, play a few bad board games, shop for snacks, make snacks, eat snacks. 

back

we're back after an episode of tonsilitis (huxley) and his last anti biotic tonight (crushed into sippy cups of lemonade and taken to bed, bad habit hey, juice in bed).  he spent days "cuddle with mom" on my lap, lying against my chest with his favorite blanket just so, so he could lie against it "so cozy mom" with "runny nose" every 20 seconds, and we wiped his runny nose.  now he is feeling better but is still "cuddle with mom". 

lux started basketball last week, geoffrey was busy so she went with a friend and her dad, the coach.  she was stewing over what to wear, as she would, and came out of her room with her soccer jersey on backwards because "the number is in the front in basketball and the back in soccer", i stiffled my giggle and said "oh i didn't know" and she returned to her room to put the jersey on the right way and announced "it was uncomfortable that way".  off she went with her ridiculous, white, shiny, basketball shoes and her gym bag, full of water balls, sweatpants, two basketballs, a hoodie and a snack.  practice was across town from 7-8 on a school night, so you can imagine the shape she was in when she arrived home.  awesome.