Even though, you know, the song is “Easy like Sunday morning” and it’s very nearly not morning any longer. Ahem.
Kile let me sleep in a little bit this morning, until after 8 am, which felt like HEAVEN. He got up with Evie and then when Liam woke up, got him up too. I heard some ruckus downstairs at one point so I got up and came downstairs to find Harry staring at the TV, transfixed, and Liam screaming (which was making Evie scream too). What the heck? Turns out, Kile had been watching “Pan’s Labyrinth” on OnDemand (one of our favorites). And it turns out that the scene where the child-eating monster is chasing the little girl was sort of scaring our little two year old. YOU THINK?? Kile said that he’d been okay until the monster ate the fairies. At that point, my eyes rolled so hard into the back of my head that I gave myself a headache. And it was at that point that we put the “Elf” DVD in and everything was better again. I swear, if that kid gets nightmares it’s ALL HIS FAULT.
Anyhow, I slept in because I’ve been so exhausted the last couple of days. And yesterday’s shopping trip just plum wore me out. And Evie slept in our room for most of the night last night, she came in (doesn’t that make it sound like she just got up herself and walked into our room?) just as we were going to bed. Boo! To her credit, though, she is pushing through her top two teeth. So I guess I’ll give her a little slack.
And, on the plus side, Beetoe didn’t sleep with us last night. The night before, we had her in with us. And since she had helped “clean” Harry’s plate after Thanksgiving, she was experiencing a little indigestion. As a result, she was rather restless all night, wandering around the bed. At one point, she got up next to my face and I was turned away from her. But you know how it is, when you know someone is staring at you, you just can’t shake it. So finally I turned to her and said, “What??” Her timing was impeccable. At that moment, she burped, right in my face, and I got a whiff of Thanksgiving Dinner Part 2.
Let me tell you, not the best way to be woken up in the middle of the night.
Today, we’re taking it a little easier. Harry keeps pestering us about going out and going shopping. I’m thinking he wants to spend some of the birthday money he still has left. He’s not interested in taking my word for it when I tell him that NO, we’re not going out today. We’re going out tomorrow, and that is good enough. Nope, today we’re sticking to home and making Christmas candy to go in our gift bags. So far, Kile has gotten a jump start on the peanut brittle and I’m going to help with the candy canes and pretzels after he gets out of the shower. I’m thinking the hardest part will be not eating any of it. Just wait until we get started on the fudge. (OMG, FUDGE.)
So what are you all doing this weekend? Still recovering from the holiday? Decorating for Christmas? Finishing up shopping? Anyone else’s husband scar their children with “Pan’s Labyrinth”?
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