On their first two days of Christmas Break, Trey and Chloe came to spend it with Scout and Icka. it was the biggest blessing, because I have had things on my “to do” list forever. And because they were here entertaining and tending my kids, I was able to cross most things off. But that isn’t the only reason I was glad they were here. Both Trey and Chloe are so nice, fun and great examples to my kids. I love to have them around. And with Megan being a bit tight on sleepovers, I was thrilled to see her give two of her kids to me for three nights!
Amongst the activities, there was a lot of board games. He is definitely my kid, because he would take a board game over television, a movie, video games or anything else!
Since the break, I introduced him to Battleship, and he loves it! I told him how this was one of my favorites when I was young, and it is definitely one of his faves now!
But when he tried to stack his ships on top of each other, and I told him that was cheating so the opponent couldn’t win…he had a major meltdown. So bad that he ended up in timeout, and I had to tell him, “I don’t care if you are in a cast or not….that is no was to behave.” It killed me to do it, but he was as good as gold from the time he got out until bed time!
Chloe and Trey taught my kids how to be crafty, and showed them how to string Fruit Loops.
They thought it was really fun, and Scout did a great job doing a pattern.
Icka did a better job stuffing her face, but loved Chloe’s string. Then Chloe helped Icka compete her own.
And they all ended up on our pathetic tree. But to be honest, I kind of love our tree. It is far from attractive, but everything on there is from this season. Including the “Get Well Scout” banner his Sunbeam class gave him, and the ribbons from Brett’s 12 days of Christmas gifts. We now added the Fruit Loops, and are making it more beautiful every single day. And the best part — when the holidays are over — it all just gets dumped! Now that is MY kind of decorating!
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