MOnday.......I am going to school with Tommy this morning than will be owrking late tonight. I hate being away from the famiy in the evening, but at least I can get alot done at the office. I stayed up way too late last night wrapping some presents. Then Tommy got up around 3:00 with nightmares. I put him back to bed around 6:00. SO interrupted sleep again.

We got our family pictures taken last night. It was a nightmare of a wait. I will have to chat at ya about that later...time to hit the shower and get Tommy to school! Later~!

We are back from our dating/shopping night. We ate at Applebees and did alot of shopping. I found a nice sweater for pictures tomorrow for Erik so we are all good to go. I straightened out his hair as well. I will wait for it to grow out and have it cut at the barber. We got all our shopping done except for one thing for Josh, a rescue hero for Tom, an outfit for Emma, and I still have to finish shopping for hubby.

Time for me to do a couple of orders online, then it is off to bed. Night all!!!

When I went to pick up the free 5x7 of the Santa picture, I ran into Christopher Banks (a store) and bought myself a sweater and shirt for our family pictures tomorrow. Now all I have to do is fix Erik's hair and buy him a new shirt. He has dress pants and shoes as my kids always have church clothes. So we are good to go there.

Josh is on the roof of the house putting up Christmas lights. He does them every year for us. I picked up Erik from his cousins and he is home now too. Tommy is still napping so I best go and hurry up and do the dishes before he wakes up. Once hubby gets home we will be going out without the kids!! YEAH! Can you tell we don't get out much, almost never! So we are going out to supper and Christmas shopping. I wonder where we will eat........hmmm.....somewhere sort of quick as we have alot of shopping to do.

We are home from seeing Santa. Tommy and his counsin Kristi both did very well with Santa. We took some great pictures that I will have to share soon. Neither one was scared as in previous years. Erik also wanted his photo taken with Santa, so we did.

Now it is quiet time at our home. Erik went to his cousin's to play, Tommy is taking his nap and I think I will join him. Josh is hanging out in his room.

Tomorrow we are gettting our family pictures taken. I have to buy a new shirt for Erik and I tonight so we all match better. My SIL always helps me pick out the clothes for the pictures. The only problem is Erik's hair. It is cut so uneven and I hate to take him to the barber as then it will be so short. Please parents, don't cut your children's hair at home around the holidays. ARGH!! I will have to see what we can do to make it presentable, one side is longer than the other too. Poor kid! I took both Tommy and Josh to get their hair cut the other day and they look very nice still. I don't attempt to cut the kids hair, not a place I want to save money at.

Well time for my nap.

Morning.........Tommy slept well last night. In his bed all night. WisconsonMom I agree with you about bringing Tommy into our bed. But after a few nights of no sleep I have to bring him in or I can't make it to work. I always try to put him back in his bed when he falls asleep. Sometims going to work have to be the priority as we need the money.

Today we are all up, showered and dressed except for Tommy. He is still running around in his pjs. This morning we are going to Breakfast with Santa. I was surprised but Erik wants to go too, so I will take both boys to have breakfast with Santa. My SIL and neice will be going too.

This afternoon I have to go to the library and get a few groceries. After my hubby gets home from work, he and I are going out for the night. We are going out for supper and then doing Christmas shopping. Joshua will be watching the kids for us. I have a funny story to tell about Joshua, but will have to wait till after Santa.

Have a great day! Later!

YEAH it is FRIDAY!! I only had Tommy in bed with me once last night. He was up at 7:30 so that wasn't bad. Last night was Joshua's school conferences, of course he had forgetten alot of assignments in each class and his grades reflect that. I am not sure if the new forgetfulness is related to having a gf now or not. Either way he is off the computer for a while and is making up all the fogotten work over the weekend. It is so disappointing since he is such a bright kid, but such a slacker! He said to me last night, "why do you ALWAYS have to go to conferences, the other parents don't!" Hmmm....becuase I am a caring parent that wants to know what is going on in your life! He should be used to it by now I have never missed a conference yet, though he wishes I would! So in his mind I am the over protective and over involved parent. Must be hard being so loved....jsut gets in the way!

Well I best get to work. Have a great day! Later!

Another night on interrupted sleep. Tommy woke up twice during the night. Once I had to bring him to bed with me and then once he was back to sleep I put him back into his bed. All that leaves is a tired momma! I have to be at an early meeting this morning and I plan in running to Target during the lunch break as I need to get a gift for a birthday at daycare tomorrow.

Tonight is conferences at school for Joshua. I hope we have good reports! I have been terrible this week about making my menu's and I need to get groceries yet too. One night we need to get the Christmas Tree up too........many thing to do.

Hubby and I are considering not going to the movie on Saturday, but using our night out to finish up our Christmas shopping and go out to supper. I sort of like that idea. We can go to a movie next month.

We have all the kids this weekend. I am not sure what we will be doing. I plan on going to Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning and then a library in the afternoon. CHurch on Sunday and that is aobut it.

Time to get to work..........later!

Busy Night....I am about ready to call it a night. We had church, then after church it was bath for Tommy while I tidy up the bathroom. Then two loads of laundry, dishes and made lunches for hubby and I for tomorrow. It looks like for the first time in a long I time I won't be coming to the weekend with a ton of laundry to do. YEAH!!!

I hope to take Tommy to breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, I will take Erik too if he wants to go. We hope to put our tree up on THursday evening. Time to scoot.....chat at you later! I think it is time I start making my to do list again. I am getting a bit out of routine again!

Have a great night!

I am home from work. Tommy fell asleep during the drive home from daycare. I think I will swtich my laundry around and take a quick hour nap before I do some work. Tonight is church hight so I will need to think of something quick for supper. Later!!!