December 5, 2009

It was a really good day. It was busy, but good.

This morning, Michaela and I went to the VFW Post. Our girl scout troop helped them with a Christmas Party that they throw for the residents of a veteran's home. We helped them play bingo and served them lunch and beverages. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed being there and interacting with the veterans.

Early this afternoon, I went to Sam's and Wal-mart. I needed to get a few necessities, but I was also on the hunt for a DVD player. Michael decided to move the Wii downstairs. I'm happy about that. I had a hard time deciding on one, but finally found one and got home just about a half an hour before we had to leave again.

Michael was working on cleaning up the family room. The kids both had cleaned their rooms and done some other chores for me.

We headed down to Main Street around 3:30 or so to go to the Tintypery. We had a 4:00 p.m. appointment to have our yearly family picture with Santa taken. It is an even quicker process than it used to be as they print the pictures while you're changing back into your own clothes. We left with two 8x10's today.

After that we came home and switched vehicles. Michael drove to his parents' house and we left him there to take care of Zoe. The kids and I went to pick up Caleb's friend Chase. Then, we went and picked up Sami. We are having a double sleep over tonight. I think I'll be tired tomorrow. After we got both guests, we went back to get Michael.

then, we went down to Main Street and waited for the Los Posadas procession. It was COLD down there, especially when we followed the procession down to the riverfront. It was cool, though. Not something I think I NEED to do every year, especially when it's so cold, but I'm glad we did it.

We took all four kids to RT Weiler's for supper. We walked down the street until we got there. My hands were frozen by the time we got there because I just had those little stretchy gloves on my hands. It was pretty busy, but we did not have to wait long for a table.

Now, we are home. The kids are all playing Monopoly together. I think that is cool. It's fun to see Michaela and Caleb playing with their friends all together.

Michael has the Wii working downstairs now, but I don't think he's told the kids. If he had Caleb would have run down there as fast as he could. We'll wait until tomorrow to tell them. I'm going to make them all settle down around 10:00 pm, because I need sleep.