Tis the season...

Here are my top five reasons to hate this time of year:

5. It is way too cold outside!

4. The sun shines and gives you the illusion that it might actually be warm outside. When you go out you are smacked in the face with bitter cold winds.

3. The kids can only stand the cold weather for so long so they don't stay outside much. When they come in they bring with them loads of snow that melts all over the floor. Every time you walk somewhere near the area they came in, your socks get wet and you have to get a new pair! Then the kids are "SO bored".

2. The Holidays force you to eat way too much food, stretching your stomach to a size that would only suit a horse.

And finally #1....

1. The kids get sick. Then they get sick again, and again. I spend so much time trying to clean the house and sanitize it and it seems to do no good because they just spread it to one another. I am such a nervous wreck from thinking that any moment one of them is just going to throw up all over the floor!

Well there it is, the top 5 reasons I hate this season! I know it seems depressing but it could have been 10! I couldn't help posting this. Ethan is sick today and it is just a reminder that this is just the start of a very long winter! Enjoy the season!! :)

Snow!!!!!

It was the first snow of the year on Saturday and the kids just had to go play in it. Every day Ethan asks if he can go play in the snow even when there isn't snow on the ground! I can tell that it is going to be a long, cold, wet winter!

Sesame Street Live

Chris and I took Jack to see Sesame Street Live over the weekend and he just loved it. He had a good time watching Elmo and the rest of the cast dancing around the stage. Jack really loves Elmo and we thought it would be a fun thing to take him to. The other kids were jealous but got to go to Madagascar 2 with Grandma and Grandpa. That made everything better. All the kids had a great Friday night!

What's going on in the other room?

I am sure that most people who have kids go through this. I am in the kitchen doing dishes (which have totally gotten out of hand!) and I can hear what is going on in the living room but I am not seeing exactly what is going on in there. When I get the dishes done and go out into the living room Jack has so kindly gotten every toy out of the cupboards and scattered them through the whole room. In trying to control the craziness I put the toys in plastic containers so that they would hopefully just get out one toy but of course that doesn't happen. I love my kids and I love knowing that some day they will grow out of toys and they will no longer clutter my floor and everywhere else in the house.