I still  miss being around the boys all day long. It used to be nice. Yes, of course, I would go insane every now and then to the point where all I ever wanted to do was either not to leave my bed or to go hide in the coat closet and come out after the house is back to its quiet state.

A. is such a big boy now. His new thing is to help mommy “fold” the laundry, so after he was done with “his pile” (aka, his clothes) he ventured into block architecture. And soon he brought me a gift, the best gift ever! Little man made mommy her very own palace!!

I don’t know if that was what he meant but I asked if it was a palace and he gave me the sweetest smile and greatest “Yes!”. Soon after he brought me building after building after building:

Left, my palace; right, my tower.

(Left to right)
Grandma’s house, my palace, my tower, my second tower, A’s laundry pile (folded).

Soon after I even had a mansion with a huge window and gorgeous mountain views!

At the end I had a complete small city that my little boy had built for me with tons of love.
Now this made it the very best gift ever!!

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We are running late this year. Me barely being home has switched our whole dynamic. Instead of getting our tree Thanksgiving weekend we got it last weekend. And instead of decorating it right then, well, we did it last night! Sort of. We are still missing our yearly ornaments (and we still need to get this year’s). I guess I wil have to take all Sunday to finish decorating the house before my parents come visit (!!!).

This was J.’s first year helping out with the tree. Actually, it is their tree since we decided not to move any ornaments (you know how one spot gets heavily decorated, right!?). But he had so much fun!! He’d ask me to pick him up and he’d point to the exact spot where he wanted that ornament. Of course I had to hang it, but it still counts for him, right?

A. is such a pro though! He enjoyed being able to say where the ornaments where to go! He was the one who put a couple ornaments on the same branch. Tee hee…and he was very color coordinated. Blues with blues. Purples with purples. And all the candy canes where to be at reach level, of course!!

Our tree looks awesome! And the fact that the boys did all the decorating makes it that much more special.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!