Christmas hit us pretty hard this year. We had huge amounts of food, fun, treats. We did not get huge amounts of sleep, which in hindsight was not wise. Our Christmas timeline is as follows:
Dec. 13th – Calvary Fellowship staff Christmas party (held at our house with around 45 people in attendance. This is the start of losing complete control over just how much sugar my children are consuming)
Dec. 15th – Three Wisemen concert (ends with Charlie throwing up in the church parking lot)
Dec. 17th – Jr High dessert theater (Charlie is back in action and consumes copious amounts of sugar along with the other 3 children)
Dec. 19th – Christmas choir performance at church (candy bags are handed out to all the children and since ours were attending both services…they each got two, of course)
Dec. 20th – Christmas Round One (a wonderful feast at my mom and Lorne’s house. Of course many more sweets were involved. Andy starts getting a nasty cold)
Dec. 24th – Christmas Eve service (followed by late night Chinese food, which has become tradition. Arrived in Puyallup at 11:00pm. Kids actually asleep at 12:30am)
Dec. 25th – Christmas Round Two (arrives way too early, of course. Jen begins to have stomach cramps and nausea, but rallies half-way through the day. Tons of food and sugar is consumed)
Dec. 25th – Exiting Puyallup (we leave my dad and Jenny’s house with red nail polish spilled on a 50yr old white chair, compliments of Josie, and a clogged toilet)
Dec. 26th – Christmas Round Three (Coleman wakes up throwing up, but manages to haul his sick little body into the car to open up more gifts at Papa and Granny’s. Jen starts getting a cold)
Dec. 27th – Boxing Day (Jen is awakened by Coleman explaining that Judah has thrown up all over his bed and on Charlie. The many loads of laundry begin and the process of trying to get the vomit smell out of couch cushions)
Dec. 28th – Recovery Day? (Josie wakes up crying at 4am and has thrown up all over her bed, but is more concerned about throwing up on her ladybug pillow pet. More laundry ensues and more work on couch cushions as well)
Dec. 29th – Normal day (Dare I say it? After much research, I think I have gotten that nasty smell out of the couch cushions and I just got up the energy to actually start finding places for all the Christmas loot…but all is not well as Coleman wakes up with a cold
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Hope your Christmas was less eventful, sickness wise. And may the new year bring along lots of good health and less body fluids! Here are some photos of the happier times.
Coleman, a shepherd
Charlie, a wiseman
Christmas Round One
I love this picture!
Chinese restaurant…the calm before the storm
Josie’s real excited about her Christmas dress!
Christmas Round Two
Intense game of Pictureka
Judah and Charlie are ready for Christmas Round Three
Christmas naps
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Christmas hit us pretty hard this year. We had huge amounts of food, fun, treats. We did not get huge amounts of sleep, which in hindsight was not wise. Our Christmas timeline is as follows: Dec. 13th – Calvary Fellowship staff Christmas party (held at our house with around 45 people in attendance. This is […]
