Fa La La La La

Ahhhh the excitement builds! We went and picked out our tree on Friday night and immediate bouncing off the walls ensued. They were sooooooo wound up it was hilarious. They couldn't stand still, everything was at top volume and they were so happy. Christmas is so much fun!

The next day was equally crazy! As soon as they woke up they went to the decorations box & started digging stuff out! They did get all their jobs done with not too much prompting and then I let them watch cartoons while I went to my circuit class.

I left right after. No loitering, chatting or extra cardio (gee darn!). I came home and started putting our traditional "stuff your face while trimming tree" snack buffet :)

Then we went downstairs and started putting on ornaments. They love digging out their old stuff and remembering the ornaments Grammie & Grandad give them each year. The tree is trimmed very enthusiastically and when Murray quietly slipped away, they immediately wanted to know where he went! No escape for you hawney! Hee hee! We immediately started chanting "Daddy's ruining Christmas! Daddy's ruining Christmas!" until he came back to decorate with us.
He was allowed some breaks to gather sustenance from the snack table but had to stay in the room. He helped them hang a lot of their ornaments so they weren't all at the 4 foot mark!
We whipped through the ornaments and then had to get ready for a birthday party next door and ran over there for a couple hours.

When we came back, it was time for Murray & I to get cleaned up to go out for dinner. One of Murray's coworkers has a birthday this week and the guy's girlfriend arranged for a bunch of his family & work friends to meet for supper as a surprise. We had a great time! The food was delicious and she brought a birthday cake (and couldn't finish her nachos, I LOVE eating with people with small appetites!!!) and she kept us in stitches. She was so entertaining that I talked Murray into going back to their place afterwards so I could hear what other outlandish stuff she would come up with. We had so much fun. I hope there are more company events!!! We didn't get home til 10:30 and our poor babysitter was exhausted (mostly because she didn't sleep the night before!). We don't normally stay out that late so I felt a little guilty but I pulled lots of 1 & 2am babysitting stints as a teen so I figured it wasn't too bad. We'll buy her something nice for Christmas!