When One Updates!!

I am so proud of myself!!  I added a gadget!!!  : )  If you knew how long I worked at it, you would be proud of me, too!!

So...what have we been up to in the last week, you ask?!?...Maybe you didn't ask, but I wanted to update anyway.  Here goes:

Saturday - Gordon had to work all day, which is a GOOD thing in our household.  The man LOVES to work...and in our industry, Heating & Cooling, some times are busier than others.  Needless to say, we like the busy times.  That means $$!! So...while Gordon worked, the kids and I enjoyed a lazy day at home.  Saturday night we enjoyed dinner with my in-laws.  It was our last visit before they head up to Chicago this week to see our nephew Justin Paul's show, A Christmas Story! The Musical.  Don't even get me started on how sick I am that we are not able to go, but...that's just the way the cookie crumbles.  That kind of stuff takes money.  Believe me when I say that I am there in spirit.  After we got home from dinner and put the kids to bed, Gordon & I watched the Republican Presidential debate that we had recorded and were thoroughly entertained!!  Wow!  Was the crap flying!!  I could spend a whole blog post on just that debate!!


If you are anywhere near Chicago this weekend, and you do not have tickets to this show...
...you should be ashamed of yourself.  Just sayin'.


Sunday - Gordon had to work again today...I headed off with the kids to my hometown, Red Bud, Illinois for a birthday party for my nieces and nephew.  (Step-nieces and nephew to clarify - no, my sisters, Stephanie & Leslie haven't had any babies for me to be Auntie to YET)  The birthday/bowling party (or 'bowling pin party' as GT called it) was at The "V" in Red Bud.  I've spent a lot of time in this building in my lifetime, as my dad managed the bowling alley more than once.  I know the place like the back of my hand.  No joke.  The party was great.  My stepsister, Michelle, did a great job putting the party together for her three kids.  She has a son, Kyle, who turned 6, and twin girls, Lily & Morgan, who are turning 4.  Brilliant idea to have the parties together!  Get it all done in one day!!  : )  As I beginning to say, we were having a great time at the party - until - GT dropped a bowling ball on his finger.  Bummer.  BIG TIME BUMMER.  It hurt him.  A lot!!! We ended up having to leave the party early because of his injury.

My Hometown...a.k.a. Blossom City! LOL

OuCh!!!!!

Monday - GT went to the doctor to have his finger x-rayed.  Turned out it was broken...what do you think the likelihood is of a three year old 110% boy leaving a splint on his finger??? Not very.  Also on this day, Vadyn turned 6 months old.  So hard to believe.  Gordon took GT to the doctor (this is the first time IN HIS LIFE that I haven't been to the doctor with him) and to spend a little time getting spoiled at his Mimi's...Vadyn & I went into the office.  This is where I discovered that my little Miss had sprouted 4 new teeth overnight!!!  She's really something.  She hadn't even been that fussy...I guess she figured she didn't want GT's broken finger getting all of the attention. 


My sweet Cupcake...where has the time gone?!?

Tuesday - I worked around the house today & got things together for our visit to Santa.  I had to make sure that I had just the right bow picked out for my Little Miss.  She didn't mind modeling for me either...

Howdeeee!!!

We met some friends up at Bass Pro Shop in St. Charles that evening, to go to the Winter Wonderland that they set up.  It's awesome.  We've been there the last three years.  You just can't pass up what they put together for Christmas.  This year they had a carousel there, too!!...one of GT's favorite activities!  I'm kind of surprised we only rode the thing twice!

A picture of the official picture...but you get the picture, right!?!

Wednesday - I was headed back to work.  This time with both kiddos! It's so great that my employer allows me the flexibility to take the kids to work with me.  It helps that my children are very well behaved (most of the time) and we haven't run into any problems with that so far.  Most of the time when Vadyn is with me, she just sleeps anyway.  Wednesday night we had the most delicious steaks for dinner (Thank you, Wanda) and then wrapped up the night watching a movie after putting the kids to bed.  Also today, I had to get a new splint for GT because he chewed the other one to pieces.  Have I mentioned that my child is part beaver?  I'm hoping he leaves this one alone...what do you think the chances are???

Do you see the look on his face?!?!

Thursday - We found out early that our plans to go to the Zoo for the day weren't going to go through, so the kids and I stayed home and "did our thing" there.  I worked on my never ending pile of laundry & dishes & bounced from room to room trying to tidy...as I sit here typing this...I wonder if I made any progress at all.  : P  We wrapped up the night by watching A Christmas Story! Then, there was another debate on.  It wasn't as 'good' as Saturday nights debate, but it was still a 'good' debate.

And here we are back at Friday - see how that works?  : )  I had to work today...the kids stayed at home with Gordon.  This weekend we've got BIG plans to celebrate Christmas with my family (well, my mom & sisters) on Sunday.  I am really looking forward to it.  We have had a very eventful year in our family...my m om got divorced, I had a baby, my little sister, Leslie, got married & my older sister, Stephanie ran a marathon...let's hope 2012 is a little less eventful!!  The only bummer about Sunday is that Gordon won't be able to join us.  He's working again all weekend.  Duty calls.  Sometimes at the worst of times.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I've got a 'laundry list' of things that need to be completed...pun intended, as I have plenty of laundry to do, too!!

XO,

Melissa <3