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The Bunch get Ready for Christmas

                                                         
Our tree is so full of ornaments the kids made, we can't put on regular balls.
December, oh what happened. Apparently mother nature missed the memo that this is Texas and we do not appreciate cold weather. Especially cold weather that comes in the form of 4" of ice and takes a week to leave. Our northern counterparts may laugh at us, but I am sorry. How about you show me how great your traction is on 4" of solid ice? Us southerners tend to just ignore your belly aching about your "95 degree day". You know what I would do, with all my kids, if the highest temps of the summer were 95? Probably play outside all day long and enjoy the beautiful spring like weather, maybe even bring a jacket just in case. If your pool still feels good at the end of August, it doesn't get hot where you live, when the pool hits 95 then we'll talk. We also use this great invention called Air Conditioning. Yes, I know it rarely gets hot up there so why would you need a/c? To be fair, it rarely gets cold down here, but we all manage to have heat.
I spent an hour shoveling the walk. It came off in huge thick chunks.

Apparently, the slide is more fun icy.


So the Great Ice Blast of 2013, wow, did it mess up the Christmas season. My family and I should have been out enjoying the holidays with fun outings, but instead were trapped inside for a week ready to kill each other over the last cookie. me, along with everyone else in the country, decided that ice would not slow down my ability to finish getting my shopping done. I did what I have come to love better than the real thing....I hit the virtual mall. In hindsight I wish UPS would have mentioned that keeping up with packages was going to be so hard. I have spent the last two weeks wondering if I really was done shopping, but fortunately my packages FINALLY arrived late last night.
T is wearing his paper plate angel wings.

Yes, she has a flair for the dramatics.

Maybe one year I'll get a real smile.


Our fun Christmas themed trips this year have been greatly reduced this year, not just by the weather, but also by illness. I have been hit by a horrible case of bronchitis that I swear is being treated with placebos. My youngest son has contracted the H1N1 virus and seems really bent on giving it to his older sisters. After only one day on the Tami flu he is back to bouncing around and  being the annoying little brother that the girls so despise. I wish I was that way. I have been ill for a week and still have to take a nap to recover from the trip down the hall to go to the bathroom. We did manage to make it to Bass Pro to take the annual Santa picture. We had fun playing in their Winterland, though we couldn't figure out the nerf crossbows and the remote control car wasn't working.



Only 3 days left until Christmas and I can guarantee my baked goods won't be reaching anyone until at least the New Year. I really hope I am better by then. Anyways, I plan to enjoy the rest of the season as best as I can....between naps. Merry Christmas and Bless You All!

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