Black Friday

Our Thanksgiving was pretty good this year. It was pretty busy. I tried to get a good family picture for the x-mas cards, but of course nether child was looking at the camera, so I don't know what I am going to do yet.

I went shopping on Black Friday with my mom and Bridgette. She of course was up at 4:00 a.m. She did pretty good shopping. I figured she wouldn't tell Regan what I got him for Christmas. I ended up getting my kids done and a start on my family. I figure I may only have to take one trip to the mall to finish my shopping. I am really happy about that, because that mean only one trip up there with the kids instead of 2 or 3.

Now I need to get rested up for this week. Regan has a dr's app't on Monday with the ENT and then on Wednsday I am working at the school from 9 til 3 with Santa's Secret Shop, then Thursday both kids have a well child app't. Bridgette gets one shot and Regan is supposed to get 4. Wish me luck with that one! Thankfully my mother is going with me to help with the shots. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!!!

Daddys away=Crazy mama

Regan and I at the falls in the snow. It was snowing out and it was beautiful!

Sean decided to take a hunting trip. He left Friday and will not return until Tuesday night. I am going crazy! Bridgette has been really fussy and of course Regan is taking the opportunity to be terrible also, because he knows that I will deal with Bridgette first.

I talked my brother and his fiance into going Christmas shopping and then we went to Canada to see the Festival of Lights. Although the border patrol almost wouldn't let me cross with the kids because I didn't have a written letter with a phone number from Sean stating that it was okay to take the kids across the border. Regan loved seeing all of the different Disney characters. He was just frustrated that we didn't get out and walk. It was in a big park that you just drove around, but it was to cold for Bridgette to be out in it.

Thankfully Regan has school tommorrow and Tuesday so hopefully the next couple days will be better.

An Apple a Day...

Keeps the doctor away. I wish that was true. Apparently Bridgette believes it just look at the picture. She crawled over to the basket and was screaming until Regan gave her a apple. She now has the same cold as Regan only Regan's asthma is now acting up,he sounds like he is constantly clearing his throat. The only good thing about this I guess is that we don't have many plans this weekend. Sean is going to be gone from Friday until Tuesday hunting. Hopefully the kids will do alright with out their daddy.

Regan has been terrible lately. He has been hitting and biting people (mostly adults). We figured out that it is mostly whenever someone is busy with Bridgette. I know that he is just craving attention but I don't know what to do. I am usually busy with Bridgette or house work adn then when I do play with him, he gets rough and screams at me for not playing "his" way. Any ideas out there on what I could do????

Look out everyone...

Bridgette is on the move. Regan is not happy about it at all. We told him that he needs to take better care of his toys now. He does not like to share his toys and if he leaves them out, Bridgette will find a way to get them. Sean let me go back to bed yesterday morning and then woke me up to tell me that Bridgette has decided to crawl for him. It took her a good hour before she would show me.

It's all over now. She has offically crawled and is pulling herself up, next thing you know she will be walking and I am not ready for that. Regan will be in for a big surprise once she starts that. I will try and get a picture of her later to put up here.

This past weekend was pretty crummy. Bridgette was throwing up on Thursday and was better Friday but then Regan had a note sent home that someone in his class has lice. Saturday was an okay day and then Sunday Regan woke up with a cold and Bridgette had a runny nose. We just can not win. If it's not one it's the other. Oh well, Regan only has school Monday, Tuesday and Friday, so I will see if I can get him to rest at all.

42 days til x-mas

I realized yesterday that Christmas is only 42 days away, which seems like a long time. I then realized that I only have 2 weekends to get all of my shopping done. I don't know how I am going to get it all done especially since Sean doesn't do any of it and this is his busy time so I have to take the kids with me. How is Santa supposed to get toys if Regan is with me? I guess I will just have to take my brother with me so that he can occupy him while I shop. I am really missing shopping weekend this year. This time last year, I had all of Regan's shopping done.

My other dilemma is that I have no idea what to get either of my kids. Everythign Regan wanted he got for his birthday. He doesn't really need anything either. Bridgette is just at a tough age. She needs clothes but she needs them now, so I am buying those now. She doesn't really need any toys.

I guess I better stop talking about it and start shopping. Wish me luck!!!

Time Change

I HATE the time change. Both of mu kids have been getting up between 5 and 6. They normally sleep til about 7:30 ish. They are both going to bed around 6 now instead of 7. I try and keep them up so that they will sleep a little longer, but they are so miserable, I can't wait to put them to bed. Oh well, hopefully everthing will work out soon. Sean is going to have quite a problem tonight putting them down by himself. I start a new aerobics class tonight and he is going to be putting them to bed every monday and thursday for the next 10 weeks. He will finally get a dose of what I deal with every night. Can't wait to see how it goes. Anyone else having problems with the time change?????

Halloween

Regan woke up yesterday morning at 5 a.m and was singing It's my birthday continuosly for about 3 hrs straight. We then went to playgroup for their halloween/Regan b-day party. While we were there he was playing with a truck and it got stuck on the rug and he went flying forward and recieved rug burn on his forhead. It looks great with the huge bump from the car door last week. He then went to school were Daddy surprised him by coming to his class party. From there we went to my grandmother and my dads. He was completly miserable, I'm sure it had something to do with getting up at 5am.

After all of that running around, we went to our friends Pete and Jill's house and on the way there both kids decided to take a nap. I woke Regan up after an hour, we ate pizza and then went trick or treating. Regan did okay until the big kids and I mean Sean and the boys started silly stringing each other.

Overall it was a pretty good day for Regan. Hope everyone elses was uneventful!