We had a wonderful Christmas. The week was great with the kids home. I was nervous about fighting and teasing, but the kids were great. For some reason Danny stopped teasing. And it made such a huge impact--Aaron wasn't on edge all the time and they all played so nicely. Aaron still had tantrums about not being able to do things, or losing at the Wii, but they were totally manageable compared to the fighting tantrums. I talked to Danny and told him I was proud of him, but he never told me what made the difference for him. I love it, though. We went to the park one day and to the library one day. It was rainy all week, so one day the kids played in the puddles in the backyard. I made two kinds of fudge to give away this year and we all delivered it one night; the kids had a lot of fun taking treats to their friends and teachers.
My parents and Kristal and Dustin got here on Friday morning early. All but Kristal, Ruby, Seth and I went up to Mt. Charleston to go sledding. They had a great time. That night we had the nativity and they kids opened the presents they got for each other.
Christmas morning we got up at 6:50 am. Rachel got her Nintendo DSI that she wanted and Aaron and Danny got an ATV powerwheels. Seth got a blow-up trampoline for in the house. And I got our family to be sickness-free for the whole week before Christmas, which I had really wanted! It was a really nice Christmas. We're so blessed.
My parents will leave tomorrow morning and I'm looking forward to another great week. I'm going out to dinner on Tues with some friends from church for my birthday. And then Bob got a babysitter on Wednesday, my birthday, and he took half the day off, so he and Ruby and I will go shopping and out to dinner. Then Thursday we'll go to Ryan's for the weekend.
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