Writing their letters to Santa
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| From December 2008 |
Crafts
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| From December 2008 |
Cute Photo Op
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| From December 2008 |
We went to go see Santa at the high school last weekend. We enjoyed a light breakfast, made some crafts and then visited with Santa. There are no pics of Santa here because they are coming in the mail.
Liam got his first stripe at Tae Kwon Do last night! He was so excited; you would have thought he had earned a new belt. He has definitely been bitten by the TKD bug. He wants the next stripe very badly and wants to test for it on Friday. I had to inform him that he has not even learned everything yet that he would be tested over. I have a feeling that if they teach it to him on Friday he will try and test over it after class. I don’t think they let them do that though. Either way, I am very excited for him and glad that he has found something that he enjoys doing.
Decorating the outside trees
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| From November 2008 |
Decorating the inside tree
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| From November 2008 |
Making cinnamon and applesauce Christmas ornaments
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| From November 2008 |
Playing in the snow
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| From November 2008 |
We also had a marvelous Thanksgiving dinner, went to two birthday parties, went ice skating, went to church, watched the Polar Express and spent a lot of time sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing.
Bolt is such a good movie!!! We took the boys today and they loved it and so did we. Would we have gone to see it if we didn’t have kids? No, but it is a movie that both parents and kids can enjoy which doesn’t always happen.
We were in the car today and Colm told Liam that he wanted to marry him. Liam then informed Colm that they couldn’t get married because two boys can’t get married, it has to be a boy and a girl. Right, Dad? There was a pause and Sean and I looked at each other and gave each other that knowing grin and mumbled something about well…if you live in Vermont… We then told him he was right…it has to be a boy and a girl. He’s six and I am not ready to go there, especially with Colm listening in.
I would do just about anything if it meant that Liam would no longer have to have asthma. I hate it!!! I hate that I have to worry about it. I hate that he has to worry about it. I hate that we have to make other people, like his teachers, worry about it. I hate that he has to take so much medicine. I hate that we have to go to the doctor all the time. I hate that he can’t just get a simple cold and be over it…it always ends up being something much more complicated. I hate how all that coughing wipes him out and makes him look like a zombie he’s so tired. I hate that he can’t just be a kid sometimes. I hate that his asthma ostracizes him at times. I hate that he doesn’t freak out about riding in an ambulance because he has done it so many times. I hate that he knows that he needs to bring a book with him when we go to the hospital because we’re going to be there a long time. And I hate how I am still not always sure what to do when he gets asthma. I know there a lot worse things he could have, but I still hate that he has asthma.
It is so much fun to be a parent on the days when your kids are learning something new. To see their eyes light up with pride is enough to make any parent’s day. Colm came home from school today reading. He was SO proud of himself and he read those same words over and over and over again to me in the car and then to Sean when he came home from work. It was great! There were high fives all around. Then to see Liam at Tae Kwon Do today. He is working really hard to get his first stripe. He is going to try and get it next week and I think he will. One more thing and then I will stop bragging about our children…Colm is a rock star ice skater. I am serious. He isn’t going to be in the Olympics any time soon, but he is doing awesome. Even if he wasn’t doing great, what makes me smile from ear to ear is that he is trying something new and he loves it. Being a parent can be the hardest job on the planet, but there are days like today when you get paid in smiles, hugs, high fives and accomplishments that make it all worth it.
For part of his homework this weekend Liam had to make a list of about twelve things that he is thankful for. They are going to use this list for a project at school. Liam listed the cats, Colm, me, Sean, the dog and some other things. I would have assumed that some family member would have made the top spot. Nope, the first thing he was thankful for was the television. I came in a close second…at least I know where I stand.