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Post by Lakes on Dec 24, 2017 6:42:53 GMT -6
It's about to get busy so Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! I hope you enjoy the next couple of days. We'll be heading to mh's uncle's place for Polish Christmas Eve with the extended family and then Christmas Day at my inlaws.
My mom recently digitized some of her old videos and sent me some clips of my paternal grandpa who I was very close to. I've probably watched one of them 30 times. He had such a great sense of humor. One is from Christmas, I look to be about 7ish, and he's explaining to my brother and I about how the bottle of drambuie he opened is a special cough syrup for grandpas. 😂 Then there's some hilarious banter between him, my dad, and uncle. It's been almost 15 years since his passing and it's amazing to hear his voice.
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Post by meeggaannw on Dec 24, 2017 7:22:47 GMT -6
@ lakes that is such an amazing gift! Im tearing up reading that.
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Post by meeggaannw on Dec 24, 2017 7:25:45 GMT -6
We have already done Christmas with our immediate families so tomorrow morning will just be us at home. I've invited my parents over and I hope they take us up on it. Then we have my Dad's family Christmas tomorrow evening. We were sitting around last week trying to figure out why we didn't go last year and then we remembered I was getting ready to go to the hospital and have a baby 😂 kinda hard to believe that has been a year!
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Dec 24, 2017 9:28:27 GMT -6
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Dec 24, 2017 9:29:44 GMT -6
So all of a sudden I wake up and it was 9am E is usually up by then I look at the monitor she was up but just playing with her stuffed animals in her crib. No idea why she didn't call for us or cry out.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 24, 2017 10:01:58 GMT -6
It's really the best and inspired me to charge up the GoPro to get some video of this Christmas. I never use it because it's just one more thing to remember while juggling the kids but the quality is so much better than my phone. I should start using my real camera more too. I've only been using it for dd's monthly pics and our Christmas card photos. meeggaannw I can't believe that it's been a year already. So many birthdays coming up for our not so little squishes! Well, my squish is still pretty little 😂
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Post by Lakes on Dec 24, 2017 10:27:34 GMT -6
Where's thelittleredm? Your birth story might be my favorite. I still can't believe you almost had a car baby.
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Post by thelittleredm on Dec 24, 2017 17:20:04 GMT -6
I'm here Lakes! Lol I still tell H we should've just had him at home. Hope everyone is doing well! I feel perpetually exhausted and today is no different. There's been some inter-family drama in my family so we had to host each of my brother's families separately. What a fucking headache. Anyway. I can't believe W is a month in two weeks! I felt really awful for having zero ideas planned for it so I took to Pinterest and we decided The Hungry Caterpillar would be easy and fun.
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Post by carrots on Dec 24, 2017 19:21:57 GMT -6
Thought of you while unpacking all the play food Santa brought Lakes! I’m pretty confident that this play food will be scattered all over my house within a week.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 24, 2017 20:35:08 GMT -6
BUTTERRRRRRRRRRR!! My fav.
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Dec 24, 2017 20:59:28 GMT -6
E is still not asleep yet. It's been almost 2 hours now. I have stuff to still do.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 26, 2017 5:43:30 GMT -6
carrots you inspired me to share my butter
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Post by Lakes on Dec 26, 2017 5:45:33 GMT -6
All the new toys. All the old toys. And yet...
WHY DO THEY WANT TO PLAY WITH THE SAME TOY AT THE SAME TIME?!
So much drama this morning.
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Post by thelittleredm on Dec 26, 2017 14:14:03 GMT -6
Well. It begins. DS1 started asking for another baby last night. He wants a sister this time, he told us. But also another brother later.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 26, 2017 15:56:19 GMT -6
Well. It begins. DS1 started asking for another baby last night. He wants a sister this time, he told us. But also another brother later. Suddenly I'm glad ds doesn't talk that much 😬
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Post by thelittleredm on Dec 26, 2017 16:08:14 GMT -6
Well. It begins. DS1 started asking for another baby last night. He wants a sister this time, he told us. But also another brother later. Suddenly I'm glad ds doesn't talk that much 😬 I was mildly terrified. The whole convo started because I said my stomach hurt and he asked if I had to go to the hospital to have another baby.
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Post by judyblume14 on Dec 27, 2017 7:15:30 GMT -6
Hi Girls! Merry Christmas!
My big girl spend Christmas Eve barfing, but felt much better on Christmas. Most of Christmas was lovely, some was annoying, all was exhausting, LOL.
Today I'm literally the only person in my office. I have some administrative stuff to take care of, but I'll also be addressing A's birthday party invitiations!!
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Post by Lakes on Dec 27, 2017 11:17:38 GMT -6
Board game recs for toddlers: First Orchard by Haba and The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel game are big hits with my toddler. First Orchard is just rolling a die and color matching it to the fruit. You have to pick all the fruit before the crow gets to the orchard. You work as a team so that's nice for this age. The squirrel game has more rules but I ignored some of them, like picking two acorns, in order to let ds focus on the color matching aspect. I love that he needs to use the squirrel tweezers to pick up the acorns. It's adorable and entertained him for a good chunk of time!
I love it when Christmas presents are a success 🎉🎉
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Dec 27, 2017 11:41:52 GMT -6
How was everyone's Xmas? Ours was good. E wasn't spoiled too much, and she got a tons of clothes from my parents. It was so much fun, she didn't get in a lot of naps and was up late, especially since we spent yesterday with the IL's. She was a trooper. I have off today the plan is cooking and some organizing of toys. I go back to work Thursday and Friday, then get another 3 day weekend.
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Post by judyblume14 on Dec 27, 2017 11:58:35 GMT -6
Note to self. Mid-day pedicures are best saved for summer months. Walking around in flip flops while it's snowing is...unpleasant! Lakes - we got a couple matching games for the 3yo...and candyland. The games you got sound fun, too! peaseblossom55 - hope E gets some rest today!
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Post by carrots on Dec 27, 2017 12:04:07 GMT -6
Hi guys! Christmas was so so fun. However it made me realize that since we have so many toys already from DS that everyone defaults to getting M overly girly stuff. Literally every gift was pink - stroller, baby dolls (FOUR of them), a purse, a talking pink book. It made me realize I’m going to have to work to make sure we give her more gender neutral toys since everyone else will go for the girliest stuff. I’m fine with the girly stuff if that’s what she wants but I want her to have some choices! We’re staying in a cabin in the mountains with my family for the rest of the week and sharing a bedroom with our two coughing children. So I’m exhausted. Oh man, the Lakes kids have the deluxe butter! I’ve had the Squirrel game in my amazon cart forever but kept thinking he wasn’t old enough. Maybe I’ll pull the trigger. thelittleredm my DS asked for another baby this week too! He pulled up my shirt and asked to see the baby in my tummy and was all sad when I told him no more babies 🙄 He’s also gotten upset recently that he doesn’t have a brother 🙄🙄
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Post by thelittleredm on Dec 27, 2017 12:18:08 GMT -6
carrots, So glad I'm not the only one dealing with this!
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Post by Lakes on Dec 27, 2017 12:30:05 GMT -6
carrots it came with the toaster! I feel you on the stereotypical girly stuff. The immediate family picked out great and neutral gifts because they know my preference is to avoid that stuff until the kids have an opinion. I'm really excited for some of the clothes mil got for dd. She even admitted that it was really hard to find clothes that didn't scream girly girl. But then there was a pink and purple explosion of noisy plastic toys from mh's aunts and uncles. Why does the picnic basket have to be pink and make noise?! FWP, I know. I had a great Christmas Eve but was exhausted Christmas morning. We stayed at the inlaws so dd was in our room and woke up twice. I'm also finding it harder to sleep when I drink. I had three glasses of red wine spread out over the afternoon/evening and hadn't had anything for at least 3 hours before bed but it didn't seem to matter. The kids did great with an interrupted nap schedule and lots of socializing. We even got a great family photo Christmas Eve! The food was amazing both days. There were filets! I hope I never have to host Christmas because I could never compete with mil or the aunt that hosts Christmas Eve.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 27, 2017 12:34:13 GMT -6
judyblume14 a pedicure sounds amazing though! I can't get my feet warm today so maybe I'll do an at home one tonight. Any excuse to soak them in hot water.
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Post by carrots on Dec 27, 2017 15:22:54 GMT -6
YES with the noisy plastic Lakes! I talked my mom into returning the enormous plastic loud train she got DS and told her a small wooden set would be a MUCH better option. Also the purse she got M says fun phrases like “let’s go shopping!” 🙄
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Post by peaseblossom55 on Dec 27, 2017 15:42:02 GMT -6
Everything E gets is noisy and plastic. I've tried. I so wanted to get a pedicure while I had off but that didn't happen at all.
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Post by judyblume14 on Dec 28, 2017 7:41:35 GMT -6
Everything E gets is noisy and plastic. I've tried. I so wanted to get a pedicure while I had off but that didn't happen at all. I can NEVER get a manicure or pedicure or massage on a day off. I always have to squeeze a mani or pedi in at lunch, or sacrifice a post-workday gym session to get a massage.
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Post by Lakes on Dec 28, 2017 7:58:25 GMT -6
Sighs. Both kids have runny noses again. I should buy stock in Kleenex. Live footage of my kid's noses:
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Post by carrots on Dec 28, 2017 8:02:20 GMT -6
Lakes we had 4 magical days of full health and no runny noses. It was magical. And ended too quickly of course. Is it spring yet?
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Post by Lakes on Dec 28, 2017 8:30:21 GMT -6
Lakes we had 4 magical days of full health and no runny noses. It was magical. And ended too quickly of course. Is it spring yet? I had just finished washing all the snot encrusted blankets, etc too 😭
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