Christmas Time

For the week leading up to Christmas, our family (mostly Wade and I) had a stomach bug. I had to take almost 4 days off work before feeling any better. It all subsided by December 23, though we were still reluctant to eat.

Christmas weekend was wonderful. The boys played together wonderfully. They were spoiled by Grandma Deanna and Grandpa Morris, Grandpa Floyd and Grandma Gloria, uncle Austin, Santa and us. They got musical instruments, a tunnel to crawl through, a tent to go over the bed, tricycles, trains, trains, trains, an etch-a-sketch, a truck, ornaments, skittles, books and probably other things I'm forgetting.

They got a set of Pooh books from Uncle Austin. Every night, Calvin has asked me if I will read all of them please and I have to tell him no. It would probably take over an hour to read them all. They are great books that explain some scientific type things like where rain comes from. This morniing in the car, Calvin was telling me that the clouds in the sky have water and will rain some day. It's so fun to watch him learn about things and come to understand different things.

Cody has a hugely multiplying vocabulary these days. Everything we say; he says. He loves the automatic trash can at Ginna's house. He plays with it all day long and says "trash" about 20 times a day. At home, he likes to point out all of the fans. Fan. Fan. Fan. He loves to drink water and is doing really well with his big boy cup. He also loves to practice pouring anything that was in his big boy cup. So we give him just a little bit at a time unless we have an ample supply of towels on standby.

I've decided that I need to make a career change. I'm tossing around a few ideas. I'll let you know if any of it pans out.