I tried to make this weekend fun and festive by doing come Christmas activities.
On Friday I invited Mickayla over to have a sleep over with Will and I. We made some Moose Munch and the kids started crunching up some candy canes for the peppermint bark that I made. They had fun minus fighting over the meat cleaver, which they were using as a hammer to break up the pieces.
Sometimes I think Will doesn't realize how much he loves Mickayla. They are so much like siblings. While we were baking he said, "Mom, why is Mickayla here?" I replied, "Because we're having a sleep over." "Why?" he asked. "Because it's fun!" "Well it's not fun for me Mom!" "Well, she's my sister and it's fun for me."
Later when the kids were asleep on my bed, and I was cuddled up with Decko on the couch, I had to remind my self. "This is fun for me!"
The next morning we got up and got all bundled up to meet Nella and her kids to go ice skating. At first I was trying to help Will skate. After accusations such as "You're pulling me too fast." "You are making me fall." I decided to take a break and told Will that he could skate again once he decided that he was going to have fun.
After a few minutes of sitting Will decided that he wanted to skate again. We talked about how it's ok to fall and that everyone falls but that you have to just laugh and keep going. I think it was easier for him to realize that when skating with Mickayla and Bailey. They held his hands and when one of them fell they all fell. They looked like they were having fun. I enjoyed some time watching while talking to Nella.
Later that night we went to my parents church party, where the kids got pictures with Santa's helper. (I'm not even gonna try to say that this guy is Santa, the beard is obviously fake!) The kids seemed to have fun and I again enjoyed time talking with Nella and Casey.
I think our favorite part of the night was when I borrowed this adorable baby from a family at the party. They recently adopted him from an orphanage, I believe in Cambodia (?? amy, correct me if I'm wrong.) He was the sweetest thing. Unfortunately we had to give him up when it was time for him to play baby Jesus in the Nativity.
4 comments:
ethiopia. he's adorable, isn't he?
will and nolan sound a lot alike; nolan gets frustrated so easily when he can do something perfectly the very first time. it doesn't make sense to them that they have to practice and spend a little time doing something before they'll actually be able to do it (like ice-skating and roller-skating). the ice-skating rink at the seattle center actually has walker-type things for the kids to push around on the ice to give them security and balance. they're really cool.
Sounds like a lot of fun. It'd be nice if kids would understand in the moment that "We are having fun now whether you like it or not!" :)
Hahaha. This made me laugh. I really miss you guys! I wish was could come up for Christmas. But I guess the silver lining here is that I don't have to share a meat cleaver when I'm baking. ;)
What a fun holiday weekend! I'm glad you all survived.
I MISS YOU!
Oh - and I totally want to hug that sweet baby! But I might not give him back afterwards!
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