I have a few questions.
Why is it that if I'm not quite ready to begin my New Year's goals on January 1st do I think the rest of the year is now shot? I'm already counting out 2010 as my year for any kind of growth.
Why do I still own socks from 10 years ago when Randal cannot manage to keep a pair holeless for more than a year. (He has gnarly feet. Don't tell him I said that.)
And why is it that the rest of my house falls apart after only a few days spent painting? Seriously, I, myself, wore the same thing three days straight; and I'm pretty sure Adelaide never made it out of her pajamas. There really shouldn't be this much laundry!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
In a Nutshell
Alright, I told you I'd finish the Christmas diatribe last week, and didn't. Sorry to disappoint. Look on the bright side, at least you're not paying to read this blog...yet.
We had a fantastic Christmas. Not that it wasn't without mayhem, mess and even a lot of vomit. Despite all that, I'm willing to bet it will be one of those Christmases our kids will remember forever.
Randal's brother and sister came with their families to visit. A full house. Nine kids and six adults. We were outnumbered, true. Thank goodness these kids are adorable and happy to be with one another again, or we might have been in trouble.
We merged our families' traditions.
Gingerbread houses. (Yes, Adelaide is in her pajamas. I refuse to confess the time of day.)
Christmas Eve we held a talent show as per Bangerter tradition. The kids sang songs, recited poems and reenacted the nativity.
At bedtime Uncle Rich told all the older ones they were not allowed to leave Ethan's room until the clock said 7 am. Then he sneakily set the clock back an hour. Our hats off to Rich!
After a great debate, Randal and I decided not to feed Ethan's video game obsession with a Nintentdo DS from Santa. That is until it was a Black Friday door buster. At risk of being trampled or sucker-punched in the check out line, Randal managed to wrangle a DS for Ethan.
And it was worth it.
This is the money shot. Sorta. It was taken seconds after all the jumping, and the whooping, and the hollering.
We skimped on Adelaide's gift to make up for the DS. Not intentionally! Geez, what kind of parents do you think we are?
She loves to play with food. Its the only thing she does play with, really. She already has a kitchen and playhouse. We decided to expand on it by giving her a shopping cart, cash register and more food. They happen to be pretty cheap toys. In more ways than one. But she doesn't care.
It turns out the best gift was from my brother, Mike, and his family. They gave us four homemade marshmallow shooters. And in a stroke of pure genius, rather than including marshmallows they sent 100 Nerf darts
(This is my best attempt to get Ethan and Addie to look thuggish.)
Whew! With this post I can now say Christmas is officially over. Except for an apology for the absence of a Nelson Christmas card this year. I really have no excuse.
We had a fantastic Christmas. Not that it wasn't without mayhem, mess and even a lot of vomit. Despite all that, I'm willing to bet it will be one of those Christmases our kids will remember forever.
Randal's brother and sister came with their families to visit. A full house. Nine kids and six adults. We were outnumbered, true. Thank goodness these kids are adorable and happy to be with one another again, or we might have been in trouble.We merged our families' traditions.
Gingerbread houses. (Yes, Adelaide is in her pajamas. I refuse to confess the time of day.)
Christmas Eve we held a talent show as per Bangerter tradition. The kids sang songs, recited poems and reenacted the nativity.
At bedtime Uncle Rich told all the older ones they were not allowed to leave Ethan's room until the clock said 7 am. Then he sneakily set the clock back an hour. Our hats off to Rich!
After a great debate, Randal and I decided not to feed Ethan's video game obsession with a Nintentdo DS from Santa. That is until it was a Black Friday door buster. At risk of being trampled or sucker-punched in the check out line, Randal managed to wrangle a DS for Ethan.And it was worth it.
This is the money shot. Sorta. It was taken seconds after all the jumping, and the whooping, and the hollering.
We skimped on Adelaide's gift to make up for the DS. Not intentionally! Geez, what kind of parents do you think we are?She loves to play with food. Its the only thing she does play with, really. She already has a kitchen and playhouse. We decided to expand on it by giving her a shopping cart, cash register and more food. They happen to be pretty cheap toys. In more ways than one. But she doesn't care.
It turns out the best gift was from my brother, Mike, and his family. They gave us four homemade marshmallow shooters. And in a stroke of pure genius, rather than including marshmallows they sent 100 Nerf darts
(This is my best attempt to get Ethan and Addie to look thuggish.)The kids have had a great time with those shooters. I don't mind so much, until Ethan discovered the darts stick to the windows. They leave a little ring so now my windows look pockmarked.
Whew! With this post I can now say Christmas is officially over. Except for an apology for the absence of a Nelson Christmas card this year. I really have no excuse.
Friday, January 8, 2010
30 Rock
Are you tired of Christmas yet? Too bad. I'm catching up on the blog with a recap.
We took a little trip to the big city.
Silly us to think a week before Christmas we could visit NYC and actually ice skate at Rockefeller Square. Well, I guess we could have if we were into standing in a mile-long line in 20 degree weather. We quickly gave up on that dream. It was only my dream anyway, really.
We took the kids to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. All in all, they liked it. And that's all I'm going to say about that. We paid a pretty penny for their seats, so by darn they liked it.
We did miss out on seeing two iconic sites--the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. Thank goodness the Toys R Us has the Lego versions.
And a ferris wheel. Which we rode for a mere fraction of the price of Mary Poppins' tickets. When will we ever learn.
Here is a bit of irony for you. The weather was as beautiful as one could expect NY to be in December. Well, until we tried to drive home that is. After several more hours driving in a snowstorm than we had expected we decided we'd better pull off and stay the night somewhere. It turns out we pulled off to the very same place we did last year after trying to drive home in an ice storm.
Go Scranton!
Oh, you're not getting off that easily. I'll be back tomorrow with more Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!
We took a little trip to the big city.
Silly us to think a week before Christmas we could visit NYC and actually ice skate at Rockefeller Square. Well, I guess we could have if we were into standing in a mile-long line in 20 degree weather. We quickly gave up on that dream. It was only my dream anyway, really.
We took the kids to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. All in all, they liked it. And that's all I'm going to say about that. We paid a pretty penny for their seats, so by darn they liked it.
We did miss out on seeing two iconic sites--the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. Thank goodness the Toys R Us has the Lego versions.
And a ferris wheel. Which we rode for a mere fraction of the price of Mary Poppins' tickets. When will we ever learn.
Here is a bit of irony for you. The weather was as beautiful as one could expect NY to be in December. Well, until we tried to drive home that is. After several more hours driving in a snowstorm than we had expected we decided we'd better pull off and stay the night somewhere. It turns out we pulled off to the very same place we did last year after trying to drive home in an ice storm.
Go Scranton!
Oh, you're not getting off that easily. I'll be back tomorrow with more Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!
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