Christmas is over........

Good Morning....Well we made it through and it was really nice. One little downfall poor Miss Priss got so sick. I took her to the Dr. on Wednesday morning because she had started running a fever on Tuesday and she tested positive for the flu. We have never had the flu in our household and I can tell you that I never want it again. Next year we will definitely be getting a flu shot something I have never done in years past. Luckily we managed to get through it with no one else getting sick. I was a germ freak for those 6 days. I washed my hands so much they were chapped and I went through one large can of Lysol in two days. She was so bad I thought I was going to have to take her to the emergency room but the Dr called in an antibiotic for her and within 24hrs of that she was making an up turn. It reminded me of just how lucky I am that I have such healthy kids. They very rarely ever get sick, and when they do it is usually just a stomach virus or the common cold. I can't imagine worrying like that all the time. It has been nice being off work this past week. I was able to do all the things I wanted with the girls. We went and saw "Bedtime Stories" yesterday and it is so cute. I highly recommend it. We are hosting a New Years Eve get together with some of our friends and their children this year. We like to have the kids with us and not be to far away from home on New Years Eve so we enjoy just doing small house parties. The girls have really been enjoying their Christmas presents especially Soccer Girl and her new lap top. I was a little concerned she might be disappointed that this would be her only gift (with a couple of very small things) because it was such a large ticket item. But I really don't think that bothered her at all she is so thrilled with it. We got Miss Priss an Ipod Nano she loves it and Mighty Mouth got an "American Girl" doll. I was a little hesitant on that because they are so expensive for a DOLL but she has really enjoyed it so I am glad that we did . So we are just going to enjoy the rest of our break and relax.....................

Merry Christmas..........

This picture has nothing to do with this post but I thought it was so cute how Dudley was laying on the Christmas stockings.....The perfect napping spot.

So I am officially on vacation and it feels GREAT did I mention that it is WONDERFUL it feels so GOOD to be off for TWO WHOLE WEEKS... In the Prince house things are moving right along. Just have a little more shopping to do and I will be ready to relax and enjoy the Holidays with my family. Christmas Cards are done, so now I just want to do a little Holiday baking with the girls and finish their Christmas present crafts (family gifts) and get those wrapped. I am so proud of myself this year I have really stayed on top of my wrapping. Of course I have Soccer Girl to thank for that she has helped me a lot in that department. As much as it saddens me sometimes that my girls are growing up so fast it also is wonderful because they can do so much for themselves and for me the older they get. They help out so much now and it makes things so much easier. On Friday (my last day with the little one's that I watch) they opened Christmas presents from each other and me. It was so awesome to watch them open their gifts. They are 3 and 1 and I forgot how much fun that age is at Christmas. My little guy (the 1 year old) didn't even care about opening the box he just wanted to play with it by scooting it across the floor. It reminded me that you just have to stop and enjoy every age because each one brings it's own wonderful aspects......Merry Christmas may you make wonderful memories with you family this year.............

Parade Pictures

Christmas is Coming

Wow this weekend flew by, I got lots done though it was great. My Christmas cards are officially DONE. In fact some you may have already gotten them. Sorry England friends and family yours are going out today. Yours require a trip to the post office so they are delayed a couple of days. I am actually sending out two different cards this year and here is the story. Normally every year I have big plans to get us all dressed up and ask my sister to come and take a nice Christmas family picture. Then before I know it it is a week before the big day and I still haven't gotten that picture taken. So then I quickly tell the girls to go throw on something Christmassy (is that a word?) and I snap a quick snapshot in front of the tree. Last year I even went to Target and bought them adorable little Christmas shirts in black. I thought they could wear them Christmas Eve too and look really festive. Well guess what, the two older girls hated them so I said "oh well put them on for the picture and I will take them back" which is what I did. It makes me laugh when I look at that picture because it reminds of the story of buying the expensive dress for a party, hiding the tags and then taking it back. (No, I have never done that) There was a time when I would use a picture of the five of us from some vacation we had taken that year that was always easy. Then one year I couldn't find one so that's when I started with the posing by the tree for the Christmas picture. This year I decided I would see what I had because I really thought it would be nice for the Englishman and I to be in the picture for a change. The pictures chosen are recent but they were not taken for the Christmas card purpose. Mighty Mouth and Miss Priss are in Santa's sled from "Christmas in the Park" and Soccer Girl, Englishman and I are from her Homecoming pictures. Of course I had to hear about how the lighting makes her nose look big from Soccer Girl. The second batch of pictures I did (because can you believe I ran out of cards I started with 50 and had to order 30 more) I had the photo printed in the Sepia so the light glowing on her nose wouldn't show. That is how I ended up with two different cards. I had to accomodate Soccer Girls insecurities about her nose (which by the way is not big as far as I am concerned but SHE thinks it is GINORMOUS) She liked the Sepia picture much better. I can only imagine what a pain Christmas cards are going to be when the two younger ones care what they look like in it.

We went to the parade Saturday night it was fun. I have quite a few pictures. I will upload them and see if Blogher will let me load them to share. I will say goodbye for now as it seems this post is getting longer and longer. Yes, I know I am long winded.......Sorry.

December is flying by......

This month is going by so quickly and I haven't finished a thing. No Christmas cards posted yet. No Holiday baking. No homemade gifts from the girls started yet. (although they ask me every night if we can get started but I am just so pooped) (pooped looks funny in print eh...) We have already done our Holiday traditional Hay Ride at the annual "Christmas in the Park" which I am so disappointed I got a great picture of the younger girls with Santa and I cannot upload it because Blogger won't let me. It is such a great picture that if Soccer Girl would of been with us (I just can't get used to this growing up and having your own social life thing) I would be using it for our Christmas card this year and that would of been one thing off my list to do. See it is all Soccer Girl's fault. This weekend we have our annual "town" parade which we make fun of every year but still absolutely HAVE to go to. After this week just one more week of school, the kids get out December 19th which means I am off work too. I am really looking forward to that. I have all these plans of things I want to do with the girls hopefully I can at least do a few. (Did I mention over Thanksgiving break I was going to paint the kitchen cabinets. Yeah, like that got done NOT.) So that is not even on the list. Maybe this summer. LOL I will try to find some photos that will post over the next few weeks and hopefully you will all be getting my Christmas card if I can manage to get that done......Happy Holidays!!!!!!

Curiosity killed the Cat

Look what we found in our dryer the other morning. Cats remind me of Toddlers they don't know what is dangerous. I am happy to report that "Tuesday" is just fine and will hopefully find another napping spot.........

The logic of Mighty Mouth

So the Englishman and I are watching an episode of the biggest loser last night and one of the contestants husbands is being interviewed. He is being asked what he misses most about his wife not being home. He goes on to say how he misses her smile, and her cuddles, and just being with her everyday. I say to the Englishman "so honey what would you say?" "That you miss me cooking dinner, doing the laundry, playing taxicab to our three children." He starts laughing and says "yes, that's it". Mighty Mouth looks at both of us appalled and says "Mom, he wouldn't say that IF HE WAS ON TV"....

And here I thought The Biggest Loser was a REALITY show.....