Sunday: Birthday

Isaac turned seven today!  We didn't do much, but he did have a couple of presents and we went out for Froyo.  He really likes the 'peachy peachy' balls filled with juice.

Saturday: Bouncin' - Christmas version

To the tune of  "Bouncing up and down in my little red wagon".  (Like this version, but significantly bouncier and crazier.)

Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Won't you be my darlin'

The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
The harness is broken and the reind'r are going crazy,
Won't you be my darlin'

Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Summon the elves and they will fix it,
Won't you be my darlin'

Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Bouncing up and down in Santa Claus' sleigh,
Won't you be my darlin'

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We let the cats stay in Isaac's room while he went to sleep tonight.  When we went upstairs to get them they had settled in by his feet and seemed pretty comfortable to be there as they didn't shoot out of the bedroom.

Friday: forgotten things

I forgot a few things from Wednesday...

We decorated some cookies.

Also, Grey Bear and Puppy the Mouse got to open their presents.

Puppy the Mouse got a red power up.

Grey Bear got a teddy bear.

Today one of Isaac's friends from school also came over to play for just a little bit.  They seemed to have fun...they disappeared into the basement and we didn't hear from them until it was time to go.

Wednesday: croup?

Last night Isaac woke up barely able to breathe and with the barking cough that signals croup.  I had just had a bad dream and so was somewhat awake.  I heard a sound and thought it was Joshua, but since I was already awake I got out of bed to see what was wrong.  Then Isaac came out of his room and I realized what was going on.

Surprisingly, I didn't even need to think about what I was doing.  I got out the nebulizer, put it all together (a bit of a trick in the dark without glasses), and put in the abulteral.  It helped, but not as much as I wanted.  So we did some saline too.  I had Isaac stick his head out the back door, but he didn't stay there for long.

We watched a show.  We rested together in his bed.  We moved to the couch, because I wasn't even close to sleeping.  Isaac fell asleep on the couch, I didn't.  A (long) while after this whole thing started I felt comfortable enough to leave Isaac and get some sleep.

Happily, Aunt C was willing to come over this morning so I could take an uninterrupted nap.

Isaac was doing much better today, but he is still sleeping on the couch to help him stay upright.  I'm not convinced that everything is back to normal for him yet.

In other news, both cats took a nap on Ben's lap this evening.

Tuesday: Christmas (part 2)

Around lunch time we went over to Larry and Cheryl's for brunch and presents.  While we were waiting for everyone to arrive Joshua gave everyone ice cream.  Eventually he started giving everyone SnowMan ice cream, which had poisonous leaves in it.  He got a kick out of trying to (pretend) kill everyone...

We had a lovely time opening presents.

...and chasing Grey Bear.

Joshua was excited about his Bad Guys puzzle and got right to work on it.  I didn't realize that it was a hologram, which I actually found to be rather annoying.

And all the grandkids...

Tuesday: Christmas (part 1)

Merry Christmas!

The animals found Jesus after days of searching.

By the time I woke up, the people had found Jesus too.

The sermon on Sunday was about how bad things were for the Jews around the years that Jesus was born.  It parallels to the world today; there is so much evil and hurting and wrongness.  Jesus kept his promise then and showed up to save the people.  We can wait with the hope that Jesus will again return and make everything right.

Monday: Christmas Eve

First things first: everyone had to do some cleaning.  I did the kitchen and kitchen table.  The boys did their rooms.  (We tried the mountain method, which is putting everything that needs to be taken care of in the middle of the room.  The boys could then see what still needed to be dealt with.  It worked well.)  Ben cleaned up some of his stuff too.

Finally, everyone was done and it was time for some presents.

I got a Lego carousal.  I always try to get it for Ben, but then something else gets chosen.  So I finally put it on my list.

Joshua made Ben a penguin pillow.  While I helped with the execution, Joshua was the one with the idea and helped with the sewing.

Isaac got some gloves/mittens that he was super excited about.

Joshua got a bunch of candy, including some candy bones.  Puppy was rather excited.

The boys also both got new pajamas.  Joshua was especially excited about them.

During the afternoon, Joshua started his puzzle again.  I separated out the edge from non-edge pieces, but besides that he did it all himself.  I'm not sure I've seen such concentration from him before.  He's had a few shorter spurts of an hourish on things, but this was by far the longest.

In the evening Dad and Pat came over for dinner.  Joshua started his puzzle again and got some help from them.  They met the kitties.  They gave Isaac a gift certificate for IHop and he was properly excited. :D