Please some one make the madness stop

So I started out the day thinking today will be a great day. I will finish my Christmas shopping, get my work done early, get the house picked up, and get to the gym. Well this is how my day went Cade and Cal fighting all morning, Aaron calling me to let me know the check engine light went on in his car and we need to get it in asap, going to shopko and picking up some boxes to wrap presents in for 5.99 a pack only to go to the dollar store next to see a 3 pack of boxes for 1.00.

Then went to pick the kids up from school and some old feller backed into me. It did way more damage to his car than it did to mine but nevertheless I still have to take it into the shop to be fixed. And the dude tried to tell me that since it was in a parking lot we would each pay for the damage to our own cars but believe me I set him completely straight by tell him I was sitting there in park when he backed into me so it was completely his fault and he is responsible to pay for my damages.

Then come home and the neighbors come over and I am on the phone with the insurance companies trying to get the claim for the car called in so basically ignoring the kids to come down stairs 1 hour later to find PEN again on 3 spots on the wall (thanks so much Cal), laffy taffy wrappers everywhere (wont mention who ate all of these), and toys everywhere. So I make all who is at my house clean up the mess they have made. On my way home from my moms and Aaron calls to let me know the dishwasher is leaking water everywhere and he has no idea how to fix it so we will need to call for that to be repaired in the morning (Since Aaron is the kitchen guy you can imagine how much he needs/wants that dishwasher fixed.)

Then off to Coles game to have his team totally lose and have him balling that he didn't score a basket and this is the very last b-ball game (thank heavens for that) and here I sit with 2 more hours of work still to go, a disaster of a house, and for sure there is no chance that I get to the gym. Where the hell did I go wrong today? I am waiving my white flag for today!! I surrender!!!

Christmas Village

Every year we have a tradition of going to Christmas Village. This stems from Aaron and I going there on our very first date. So we have gone every year now for 13 years. It is so festive down there and just gets you in the Christmas spirit.

Although we had a miserable time last year down there because we lost Cade for a good 15 min. I have recovered from that incident and decided that this time we would have the "never leave mom and dads site" talk before we get out of the car instead of after when I was in tears and 1/2 of the people there were helping us look for Cade. An experience that is burned into my mind forever.

We went with Trevor and his family and had such a good time. The kids loved seeing Santa and I must say this really was the cutest Santa I have ever seen. Cal asked for a Hammer and Scooby toys, Cade asked for lego batman, and Cole aske for Zoo Tycoon (kym are you suprised by that one?) The booths were all so cute and Cal totally loved all the lights. It was a bit cold but we had a great time. I hope to continue to go there for years to come.

Why is it that Cal is so naughty??

Really, can't I catch a break with this kid. Cal always seems to get into so much trouble on the days I have to volunteer at the school (now that I think about it he is getting into trouble everyday). So I am getting ready for the day and Cade comes in my room crying his eyes out that Cal has done something to the avent calendar. So I go out and sure enough he has has taken out all of the ornaments from the calendar and shoved them down the central vac thing that is in the wall.

Now you say what is the problem with that? Well we are only plumbed for central vac we don't have the whole unit. So according to my brother in law they are just stuck somewhere in a pipe and there is really no way to get them out. So I explain this to Cade and tell him we will have to buy new ones. As he is crying he is telling me that is not going to work because those ornaments were so special to him. Then Cole comes home from school and gets the news from Cade and he starts freaking out about it. Then they start yelling at Cal and Cal starts calling everyone a "meanie" and trys to karate chop the boys. So then I freak out and send everyone to there rooms and tell them to come out when they are calmed down.

So I am headed to Michaels at some point tonight to get new ornaments. And to top it off I was late again to help at the school because I was trying to stick my vacuum hose down the central vac thing to see if I could suck up any ornaments. Yeah it didn't work!!! That kid is going to be the death of me!

Best Girl Nat

This post goes out to my best girl Nat. I just have to thank her for getting my blog all set up for me. She updates my backgrounds with the seasons and does my playlists. One day she is going to get me going with pics on the blog (if I could only get bryan over here to hook up my internet on the other computer!!!) Nat has lived in Missouri for 3 years now and I miss her dearly. I keep hoping that one day they will move back but I am thankful we have been able to maintain our friendship even miles apart. Love ya Nat!!!