Time to Slow Down

These last few weeks seem like they are part of a tesseract.  We have been so busy with Thanksgiving, book fair, and getting ready for the faculty party last Saturday, that we have not had a chance to really sit down and enjoy the season.  I am hoping this week will be slightly different.  It's still full of activity but it feels more planned somehow.  Tomorrow is N's class holiday party and we are having our former neighbors over after school for a play date.  We miss them so much.  We have awesome new neighbors, but still, we miss the days of hanging out with our buddies.   Thursday is the school sing-along at 7:45 a.m. and then Daniel's class holiday party at noon.  N has a sleep-over at school that night, too.  She is so excited!  Friday, I want to take the kids caroling around the neighborhood.  It's so much fun.  We did this once in Houston with our friend Kevin and once in Boston with our friend Susan.  I really want to have a posada which is a traditional Mexican celebration of the holiday season, but it entails too much planning so we will stick with caroling this year.  We'll put the posada on the list of things to do next Christmas...Sunday is David's birthday!  I can hardly wait.  I think I am always more excited about his birthday than he is.  The kids and I have been stealthily collecting a stash of gifts for him.  I am thinking of having a birthday party for him, but haven't had time to organize it.  Isn't that sad?  Ok, that's it.  I'm sending out the invitations right now.  TTYL...

Rethinking Old Posts

Is it really December 8 already?  Chairing a book fair the first week in December might not be the greatest idea I've ever had.  We have two weeks left of school now and I am still not done Christmas shopping.  This weekend we are hosting David's faculty party so the house needs to look spic-and-span.  Remember what I wrote in my Domestic Goddess post about having a plan figured out to have my house looking nice all the time?  The plan only works when you are not running out of the house every day at 7 a.m. and coming back home at 7 p.m.  My house is a wreck right now. With the Christmas tree falling over on Monday and spending what little time I had in the evenings making it look good again, I have not had a chance to "maintain."  I am feeling the urge to call in some hired help and have them clean it up....it's very tempting and we have done it in the past, especially the year I was pregnant, but we'll see how I manage this week.  Wish me luck.  

I should really be asleep right now, but my sweet 17-month-old has a cough and woke me up about two hours ago and for the life of me, I cannot go back to sleep.  Remember what I said in an older post about how nice it was to cuddle at night with your kids?  I guess that doesn't apply when they are sick.  

Must go back to bed if I am going to be a sane momma tomorrow....TTYL.