It Looks Clean

As a mom to three boys, you learn boys have a somewhat different approach to certain areas of life.  This includes clothing.  I have learned that I now have to confirm that not only are my boys wearing socks and underwear, but to ask if those socks and underwear are actually clean.  And if one of my boys responds with a shrug,  a close look at either the underwear or socks, and a statement, “Well, it looks clean”, then you must immediately require them to change.

I have caught one of my boys wearing the same socks three days in a row.  To protect the innocent, I will not disclose names.

New Years Eve

It was our annual New Years Eve spectacular held by our dear friends' the Watson Family.  And it featured, of course, the always favorite balloon drop.  Balloons for everyone!!!

Christmas: Part Three

Christmas wasn't over for our family yet!  The weekend after Christmas, we had Chris's parents over for yet more holiday fun and merriment.  And gifts.  Lots of gifts.

Christmas Part Two: Eve and Day

As is our tradition, we celebrated Christmas Eve at my Nana and Grandpas with our traditional Italian fare, homemade sauce with pasta, meatballs, veal and a variety of Italian homemade goodies.  It is the feast of kings.  We laugh.  We cry.  There is always a whole lot of toasting, followed by big gulps of wine.  It is always one of our favorite nights of the year.

Christmas morning dawned nice and early.  The boys jumping on our bed, excited to begin the insanity of present opening.  The hours of wrapping were quickly done in as we whipped through present after present.  And then relaxed at home for a day of pjs, movies and legos (of course legos.)  We only managed to change into clothes to head to my Aunt Nancy and Uncle David's house for Christmas dinner.  (And if we could have worn our pjs, we would have!)