it has come and gone for another year. it was a standard affair as far as holidays go, with the regular travel schedule south on christmas day and then back home the day after. the only excitement was the boy getting sick christmas night, he said his ear hurt and he had a stuffed up nose. it was a terrible night, i was up with him almost the whole time while he tried to sleep on the couch. so we packed up early on the 26th and headed home. he’s actually been fine during the day and managed to fight off the ear infection himself although we kept waffling back and forth wether we should take him to urgent care or not. he seems much better today, just a stuffed up nose.
the kids got just about everything they wanted, the boy got a new bike and some imaginext knights and a castle (we’ve devised a new game where we fight each others castles using a new nerf gun he got) among other things. the girl scored a doll house, princess castle, and roller skates. the baby got . . . something . . . i’m sure, but who really pays attention to what the baby gets?