BLACK AFTERNOON!

I am currently living in a pile of plastic trash.. I can't see the floors in any room and there are tiny shoes and brushes everywhere. Bosley is not the chewing type of dog so he unfortunately won't even help to rid us of some of this. I am giving the kids all morning to keep playing and opening plastic tubs. Then the dreaded BLACK afternoon is happening. We will be filling up black trash bags and having the time of our lives!
Yesterday we had the best day. On Christmas Eve the kids wanted to know if 7:00 was OK to wake us. Agreed.. on Christmas morning Nate and I were surprised on how quiet they were. It was 7:30 and they were all sitting in the living room whispering. CJ noticed my head peeking at them and then we had all three of them on our bed. We found out that at 4:00am CJ noticed Kendall was missing from the room and CJ went looking for her and found her sitting in the dark surrounded by the presents just staring. CJ told her it was too early and escorted her back to bed. Cole had been awake since 6:00 and was waiting on the couch just staring and imagining what lay underneath all that thin Santa paper. It was a great Christmas morning...We took our time (especially Kendall, even when her brother kept hinting that she is really holding up the fun line) and we all had lots of fun. The kids went off to open and mess up everything and Nate and I made an Amish breakfast casserole and biscuits and then resumed our positions on the couch to untie plastic swirly black things from the backs of everything ever made. We headed off to the movies in the early afternoon. We've never gone to the movies on Christmas and I thought it was going to be EMPTY...well apparently everyone goes to the movies on Christmas! It was packed the heck out, I couldn't believe it. We watched Bedtime Stories and it was one that parents and kids could both hang at.. Good choice.
Nate and I made dinner together and I usually make the Turkey and do all that stuff but this year we decided to do something different. I made Cornish game hen's for each of us and Nate made ULTIMATE twice baked potatoes (please don't forget the ultimate part because he was very insistent on that) and everything was delicious. We spent a long time at dinner, with everyone telling stories and well they were mostly about me. Everyone laughing at how insane their Mom/Wife is. I do appreciate they can all laugh about it though..lol That's the only thing that makes me feel that I am not completely traumatizing them with my personality. The girls picked out a chocolate cake for dessert (they don't do pie) and the guys chose apple pie. I choose both, so all desserts work out in my favor. The whole day was good and wonderful and I am so thankful for my little family..

Now bring on the BLACK AFTERNOON!