Beginning of the holiday break

Today was the last day of school for two weeks so it has been a little hectic around here for a day or so. First, Logan isn't doing any better with sleeping through the night. In fact, he's regressed big time. The other night I sat in his room for 40 + minutes trying to get him to calm down and go back to sleep. The lights were off and I was just trying to talk to him quietly and stay calm while trying to talk him into getting back into his bed. He was having nothing to do with that idea so we moved out to the playroom couch. He was so upset and mad that it took him another hour before he would settle and go to sleep. Last night I was wrapping presents for the kids in his class so when he came out crying around 10:00 I just let him lay down on the couch and didn't fight him at all.

Ryan is still teething and the two teething tablets that I gave him right before bedtime didn't seem to last as long. The good news was he did sleep until 2:30 this morning but then he screamed so loud and long that when we were finally getting settled back into bed at 3:30 Logan came into the bedroom. I had Ryan between me and Curtis and Logan with his head on my butt at the other end of the bed. He couldn't get comfortable (yeah go figure right?!) so he was moving and making noise which made Ryan stay awake longer. I finally gave up and took Logan back out to the couch. I think he was a little mad so at one point he was either punching or kicking my foot. It was soooo sore this morning but I didn't budge too much while he was doing it, I guess I was too dead tired.

Today's party at school went off without a hitch. I was able to get Marie's cards and breakfast food into her backpack so she could take it to school with her. Her class had a nice Christmas breakfast where Logan's class had a lunch. The thought of having to go up to the school twice wasn't very appealing so I'm glad everything fit in her backpack. She wanted to bring a game so I was trying to put batteries in it when it was time to get ready for the bus so we had to run to the bus in order not to miss it. Thankfully they have a nice bus driver and she could see we were trying to get out the door and waited a little longer for us.

At lunch time, I ran to McDonald's for some fries as an extra special treat for Logan. Their fries are just about the only thing he can eat out. He doesn't get to eat out like the other kids, their class was having pizza so I thought he deserved a special treat too. I, of course, had to get Katie a bag of fries then back into the traffic to head to school with the food and gifts. I saw the class on the playground when I pulled in and Logan was so funny. He saw me wave at him and he turned his back on me as if to say, "I'm not going home with you this early so just go away!"

Once we dropped everything off the two little ones and I headed back home to try to get some cleaning and laundry done for the day. I was able to get some cute pics of Katie and Ryan playing and some of the other kids once they got home. Hopefully they will continue to get along as nicely through the entire holiday break!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Christmas and a very Happy New Year!