Oh my goodness. Life is crazy around here. Lily is home from school for two weeks. It's only the first day and we are already going insane. Terrible two's are definitely named that for a very good reason. Lily is having a very hard time sleeping, ever since we went away for Thanksgiving. That's a whole other blog...maybe I should start from the beginning to catch you up...
We went to St. Augustine, FL for Thanksgiving week this year. I got a small bonus at work, and we decided to use it to get away for a week. We rented a condo at the beach and looked forward to our vacation for a good two months. It was all we could think about (or stress about). We had to buy a big car-top carrier to take all the extra stuff for the babes. Two small children require a LOT of stuff to stay comfortable. I felt like we took our whole house with us! Anyways, the car ride there was actually not as bad as I anticipated. The first night went fairly smoothly. Got the kids to bed around 9pm and slept until about 6:30am. Not too shabby. Unfortunately, that was to be the best night of the following eight days/nights. The second night, Lily refused to sleep in the bedroom deemed as hers. Luke was an angel and slept with no problems at all, so this blog posting doesn't pertain to my angel! However, Lily is a different story. I don't know if the room itself scared her, or if she just realized she had more power outside of her own home. Regardless, we spent much of the evening putting her back in bed. Hence has been our life ever since. We finally wised up and moved the pack-and-play crib into our room and she slept there without too much complaining. We all had to go to bed at 9pm, but we were wiped out anyways! The weather was rainy and cold, so that put a damper on our being at the beach. We still managed to get out on the sand and stick our toes in the water every day. Lily gathered a ton of seashells and really enjoyed the beach. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Sanalila's house in Jax, which was a feast. Luke watched his cousin Bella crawling and cruising - said to himself "I can do that" and started crawling at the beachhouse! Now, he's an old pro. All in all, it was an exhausting vacation, but I would probably do it again if I could. Yes, I had to get a massage when I got home to work all the kinks and knots out of my shoulders, but we're creating memories, people!! :)
Next is Lily's Christmas Party at school. Oh my, let me just say that a working mother should never volunteer for something that is meant for a stay-home Mom! Lily's teacher sent home a note asking for parent volunteers, so excitedly I raised my hand. Traditionally I love to do this kind of stuff - I mean, I love to plan Lily and Luke's birthday parties. However, this was out of my league. I needed a story, a snack and a craft. Now, I could handle the story (non-Secular, of course - which is cool because LifeWay is my new favorite store), I could even handle the snacks (organized and to be sent in from 5 different students - that was a minor challenge). But crafty I am NOT. I had to think really hard for a non-Secular craft (ie I searched the internet) and came up with bejeweled crowns (as in The Three Wise Men). I looked all over town for gold crowns, finally found some at Party City. Had to drive 20 miles to get them, but hey, at least I found them. Then came the jewels. I wanted self-sticking jewels so we wouldn't have to wait for the glue to dry. This party was held on the last day of school before the Christmas break. I drove to every craft store I knew and no one carries self-stick jewels (that are affordable anyways). So, out came the Elmer's glue. Regardless, I showed up on Thursday morning with my coffee in hand and all the necessary decorations, snacks, story and craft. The kids were cute, they enjoyed making cupcakes and singing Happy Birthday Jesus. They had fun making jeweled crowns like the Wise Men and we all had a good time. The bottom line is that my daughter had a good time with Mommy at school for a day, so it's all good!
Thursday night Lily had her first Christmas show. She was to sit center-stage because the music teacher said she sings the loudest in class! We were all so excited. Grammy, Grampy, Uncle Steve and even Tia Sana arrived to witness our shining star. The two-year-olds came on stage and Lily was right in the middle. The music started, and we were eagerly watching with cameras and video in hand. And, she wouldn't open her mouth. Not one word. Ms. Tami tried to coax her by sitting her on her lap, but that didn't help one bit. Lily had stage-fright! Oh well, guess there's always next year. That night, she spent the night with Grammy and Grampy. They said she sang at the top of her lungs all the songs in the show on the way to their house in the car. Of course she did...of course she did. Where's the video camera then?!
Luke is totally cruising now, by the way. He's mastered crawling, and now he's got an early start on pulling himself up on things, and transferring himself from item to item. He likes to walk behind the same walker that Lily used - a little grocery cart. It's adorable! He's so proud of himself. He's going to be walking before his first birthday, I can feel it!
Finally, Our Christmas decorations have made it up. It went in very slow stages this year. Got the tree on my birthday, got the lights on the tree about 5 days later, finally got ornaments on the tree just last week. It's tough to manage a house with two little ones, especially when it seems someone is always sick. Right now, the bug has Mommy and Lukey. But last week it was Daddy, and before that was Lily. It's just never-ending. Getting extra rest is pretty much impossible, so it takes us even longer to get over being ill.
Well, I guess I'll end this post by saying that regardless of all the complaining in the above statements, I still love my family and my life with all of my heart. If it were any easier, it wouldn't be as much fun to share our stories with all of you! :) Merry Christmas!!
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