Today is the day that:
1- The repair man is finally coming to fix my washing machine. It’s had a problem for quite some time now, as it doesn’t really agitate. I don’t know what I was waiting for, and why I put it off for so long to call him. Maybe I thought it would just magically start working again! Well, that didn’t happen, so I called over the weekend, and today he will come and hopefully fix my washer.
2- I registered John for the “Teeny Tiny Basketball” class at the local rec center. If you want a good laugh, go and watch a bunch of 5 year olds play basketball!
3- The advent calendars start! I’ve got one calendar with little pockets and the kids get to pick out something every day. Sometimes it’s candy, sometimes it’s a promise of what we will do that day. It worked out so nicely when we had only one or two kids. But now there’s five of them, and try putting 5 pieces of candy in a little one inch by one inch pocket! So, now a lot of them will be filled with little notes, or pictures, or small candy. And they have to take turns picking out of the pocket. We also have a little Advent Kit that a friend gave us. So, we’ll put it together for FHE tonight and get started on that, too.
4- I will finish putting up the holiday decorations. I will, I will, I WILL. Because…
5- The kids are going to school today! Not that I don’t love my kids–I totally DO! But I can’t really get that much done when they are all here messing up the house for 10-16 hours a day.
6- The kids will be repeating such lovely phrases as “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”, and “I double dog dare you”. Why? Because they watched A Christmas Story last night, and even though I think that movie is a little crude and rude, they LOVED IT.
So, what’s on your list today?
Finish decorating for Christmas
Buy our tree
Order a pizza for dinner
start on Christmas cards
Clean bathrooms
Take my pictures to Michaels to be framed.
Dance tonight
Maybe get my mom’s Christmas present today.
Wrap some gifts
I have a suggestion for you: get enough advent calendars so that each child who cares can do one. We have four and they rotate through who does which one. (Although David doesn’t really care anymore!) One is a felt one where Mary & Joseph move toward Bethlehem, another is a set of drawers with candy, the third one has Christmas ornaments you put on a tree, and then another tree with stars. No more arguing!