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Tonight Sam was telling me all about how he is going to have kids when he gets big--eight kids. And he said his brothers and his sister will all have eight kids, too.
Nice of him to volunteer all of them for that large family, wasn't it?
When I told him that was a lot of kids, he said, "No. Only eight. It's not a lot."
I can't wait to remind him of this conversation when his first one is in the throes of the terrible twos.
© Trippin' Mama 2012
On Christmas Eve we decorated gingerbread men, and yes, Alex bit the feet off his right away.
I didn't bake the cookies, but bought a kit. It had eight cookies, so we all made one. Jeff and I left ours out for Santa. They weren't bad for cookies that came wrapped in bubble wrap.
Since there are six of us, there were two cookies left over. I put them back in the box and a few days later they were gone. No one would 'fess up that they took the cookies, and I forgot about it.
Then on Thursday Isaac and Sam told me they "ate gingerbread mans." The little buggers had hidden the cookies under their beds weeks before and when they found them again, they ate them.
Good thing those little rascals are so cute!
© Trippin' Mama 2012
We got about a foot of snow here between Christmas and New Year's, so we headed for the sledding hill. Amelia's an old hand at it, but the boys have never been on the big hill.
Amelia and I went down first, and when we got to the bottom Jeff asked the boys, "Who is going to like this?" The boys shot their hands up into the air so fast their arms practically fell off.
We had a blast. For six days in a row. SIX.
My tailbone may never recover.
We even celebrated my winter birthday with sledding and an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. The kids wanted me to get the SpongeBob cake, but I exercised my birthday girl veto power and got something else, mostly because it was smaller.
Nothing like a sledding party and ice cream to make you feel young!
I could have taken my camera out to the hill, but I didn't. Instead I just enjoyed the sheer delight on each of the kids' faces as they flew down the hill. And I know none of you will begrudge me that.
Hope your New Year is off to a great start!
© Trippin' Mama 2012
