our week

we had a very busy week.... my countertops host WAY TOO MANY odds and ins.... from teachers gifts... all 6 of them, 6 Sunday School teachers, left over neighbors & friends gifts i have yet to deliver, to the director of the program that graciously loves and care takes for my boys on tuesdays and thursdays gift, to the broken village pieces to be hot glued back together....... To preparing for Daddyc's office Christmas party at our house this past Thursday......  And YES, the countertop mess, nearly put me over the edge... I am a happy camper to see it gone and in the hands of others.... although, the day we came home from school looked more like a holiday hurricane  of gifts from the boy's friends and teachers........ so this is Christmas AND time for MENTAL BREAKDOWNS with too many toys!!!!!!

and a couple days this week, i was "getting ahead of the craziness" i hope... And decided to pre-cook what i could to allow more time with family and friends seeing that for the next 12 days STRAIGHT we have holiday parties......

(Daddyc's Uncle bill sent Charlie this pirate shirt which MADE HIS YEAR.... He is rarely seen without it on, thank you uncle bill!!  I even caught him in it one day AFtEr school... "charlie, you didn't wear that dirty shirt to school did you?"  "no mama, i packed it in my backpack and changed there" NEEDLESS to say, Charlie LOVES the t-shirt uncle bill.  thanks too for the little Christmas happys, the boys had to rip into their immediately while charles and i are waiting for the big day)

And Daddyc just laughed yesterday as i got off the phone with a friend....
"Yes, we will play soon and share some wine... i really think we are finally slowing down"
........OR........
on a much more honest note.... we have never been so busy in our lives..... The next 12 days will be full of holiday gatherings at night....  i will do my best to stay festive. wink wink.  Then we skip 2 days, then another party, skip ONe day and a bigger party... Then 2 days later... snow skiing, and daddyc flies STRAIGHT to the national championship game..... Then we do have 2 weeks until we take off to the beach for a week...... I am seriously wondering when life DOES IN FACT slow down..... I am doing my very very very best to make things slow and enjoy each and every moment as we never know how many more moments we will get.....

i had super help while grating 12 blocks of cheese.... I am a crazy person who grates my own and doesn't simply buy the grated cheese... my mom once said, The cheese taste better and is fresh if you hand grate it when cooking so.... And as i "grow up" i learn that my mom was usually RIGHT... imagine that!!!  so for hours i grated cheese with the help of little indians.
And one night we made SNOW.... 

 

this felt really cool. (notice the pirate shirt AGAIN....)

and more than one morning this week, the precious babies in my house served themselves breakfast..... i mean CHILD ABUSE..... Atleast they chose cereal, right?

And speaking of things i NEED, what???

this adorable little girl.  have i mentioned i get to see my little Atlanta girls SOONER than later.... i can't believe it has been so long!!!!

Did you know this flower, the aster, is a symbol of patience????  

I could use a bouquet of these about right now.

dear Santa,
i would really love this foyer/mudroom
just sayn',
Amy
p.s. i promise to be nice for the rest of the year......the doors, the ceiling, the TWO sides of hooks to hang all our stuff.......  yes, please.