I love my children. Of course. You knew that. I love just being with them and holding them and cuddling them. I love it when we can wrestle on the floor together and Grant is extra gentle because I'm the mommy. Cole hasn't figured out the "be gentle with mommy" rule, yet, but he is super quick to give me hugs and kisses when he plays too rough.
I finally have a child who opens Christmas presents WAY before Christmas. Thankfully, it was Cole opening Grant's present and Grant didn't see. Cole was hiding in the little "house" that the kids had pulled out in front of the tree. I found him picking at the present and eating a candycane he had stolen off the tree.
If you need new wrapping paper, go buy it yourself. If you delegate the task of finding wrapping paper, you may end up with 200 yards of blue paper. Even if you coach the buyer to avoid the cartoon characters and anything with pictures of Santa, you may end up with an unfortunate purchase in the form of a 200 square yard roll in shades of blue. Do you have any idea how long it will take us to get through that roll? Don't get me wrong. If you decorate your Christmas tree in blues, more power to you. I don't. My tree is mostly reds with the occasional cotton ball sheep thrown in for good measure. Red and green. Green and Red. Blue? Hmmm.
I had a nice conversation with my mother-in-law this morning discussing Christmas presents. Specifically, what do you get for a 2.5 year old who loves everything his brother (age 5) loves? Legos, Jedi Knights, Cars cars, Spiderman stuff. Uh. But, that is what we get for Grant. Hmm. I feel your pain, Dee! It was tough, but we finally figured out what to get for Cole: a Spiderman costume . . . that will also fit Grant. Yeah, basically they WILL trade. They will share. That is just what they do, and I LOVE it! I'm so thankful for brothers who love each other! Oh, I NEED to do more pages about that.
I did a hybrid layout yesterday and posted about it on the FPD blog. I'm excited! It was fun and easy and I got to use my CTMH stash. I've "resolved" to do at least 1 hybrid layout per month in 2009 . . . maybe more.
I was recently asked to join Vera Lim's CT!! What a huge honor! I'm one of the hybrid gals, so I get to do hybrid blog posts. Hey . . . that goes well with my "resolution" doesn't it? I could do hybrid layouts! Ha!
I have something new going into my store on Thursday. Here's a sneak peek!
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Beggars can't be choosers.
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Be thankful you have a generous spouse who is willing to battle the hordes and cold for your blue paper, which, by the way, can still be classy and nice-looking even if it is blue (the same color as your blog background)!
Signed,
an enduring and forgiving spouse
The up side to that much of any paper is you can probably use it for birthdays too and use it up quicker!
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