5 shopping days left!!

. . . and the kids have a snow day today- yikes! This time of year is so fun but it goes so fast!! Work is usually busy with parents trying to get another tax deduction in for the year. More often than not, we regretfully send our hopefuls home with the same line, "I'm sorry but you're not in labor". Ooh they get so mad at us! But the babies that are rightfully born are put in cute little Christmas stockings. With all the privacy laws I can't take an authentic photo but they look something like this. . . too cute.

Cute picture of Lauren that I thought I'd throw in :0)

Lauren and I together the day we took family pictures at Julie's

I'm glad today turned out the way it did. I was suppose to work last night, then stay awake all day and be in charge of the craft for Lauren's Christmas party. I don't know how I get myself into these things. Turned out, I got to stay home, no school yippee and Gavin's going to our neighbors to wrap presents and do crafts with his girlfriend Marionne. ( a much older woman :0) while he's there, the other 2 stay home and I can still get things done! I've always said that things have a way of working out! We lost last weekend to being sick then I work Monday and Tuesday night so this weekend is it to finish up shopping- thank God because my wallet's getting awfully thin!

Winter in Chicago

This blog is dedicated to our family on the west coast basking in the warm sunny weather while we pile on the layers just to go out the front door. I made out on "Black Friday" with new snowsuits for the kids. Lauren's is from Macy's and she is snug as a bug in that suit. Here she is on her way to school. . .









After school, Isabelle and Emily came over to help build the first snowman of the season. Recognizing they couldn't possibly lift the middle snowball, Lauren grabbed a piece of scrapwood from the garage and together they hoisted it up there.

The girls took a break for me to grab this picture then it was back to work.

No playing in the snow for Gavin. He got bit by the flu bug. Seeing as he never threw up before, he was crying out at 3am, "I'm choking" and I found him lying flat on his back throwing up- and he's been throwing up all day :0( (which is the only the reason I have time to sit and blog while he's napping)

There'a plenty more to blog about but Gav's here now and wants to snuggle :0)