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...