This has to be the best time of year, starting right after Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving, and having my loved ones over to my home to spend time together; but the day after I really feel like it's Christmas. I never decorate until Thanksgiving is over. I just can't because I feel like it's cheating. So my plan is to decorate tomorrow. I keep saying that I will do it once my house is completely clean; but I think if I wait that long Chase might be 30 years old and way out of the house! It is way too hard to keep it the way I want it when I have two small children. Madelyn is now known as the "transporter" because she moves stuff from one room to another. I have spent hours looking for my slippers, my papers, my keys, daddy's shoes, etc. It's crazy! If ever we can't find something, we know it was her! I wonder if she will do that with the Christmas presents that end up under the tree!!!
I am so excited for the holidays this year. I can't wait, though, for a year that we can spend Christmas with my dad and his wife. It's really sad that I don't get to have everyone around me that I love and cherish. That is the one and only depressing thing that I think about at Christmas.
One really good thing this year is that our office is closing down and we are having a mandatory furlough - so I will be off for 11 days straight! Woohoo! I'm already making plans for the Discovery Museum (kids place), the zoo, the library, etc. I don't know what all we will do, but I'm going to try not to spend too much time cleaning and most of my time having a blast with my kiddos!!!!
