It is Finished

Well the tree is up and the decorations are all finished and we had no major nervous breakdowns involving the adults. The kids actually did really well even the three year old was pretty well behaved. We even managed to get up some extra decorations that were packed away. The saving grace was that the 3 year olds mother was at work and not here. If she had been here I can guarantee you he would have been a monster.

Today they finally called us from the school bus transportation department to inform us that they were going to change the bus the kids have been riding to and from school. But, the issue was that they were going to start this on their ride home. I insisted they were not to put the kids on a new bus this afternoon but that it could be done in the morning. I could just have imagined them sending the kids home on a different bus without them knowing anything about it until the last minute. They would have been in a panic. I am telling you we have nothing but idiots that work for our school corporation.

And Now the Time has Come

Tonight is tree decorating time. I think I am going to hide in my room with a bottle of wine and avoid the festivities. Decorating the tree has really never been a favorite thing of mine because things never seem to go very well. We are always just one step away from killing each other by the time the tree is finished. As least we don't have a real tree that never seems to look as good in the stand as it did at the tree lot when we purchased it. I remember one year when we had a real tree and after getting it in the tree stand it would not stand up at all it was so crooked it kept falling over so we had to put a nail in the wall and tie a string from the tree to the nail to keep it up straight. I think that was our worst year of tree experiences.

Oh Christmas Tree

Today I think we are going to actually try to get the Christmas Tree put up. This should not be a difficult task you say. Right? Wrong! First we have to move a ton of boxes out of the garage that were put in front of all of the Christmas decorations when we moved into this house. Then after all of those boxes are moved out the Christmas boxes have to be brought into the house and then all of the boxes that were put into the driveway will have to be put back into the Garage. Then comes the actual tree decorating process.

This too should be an easy task you say. Right? Wrong! We will be decorating the tree this year with not one, not two, not three, not four but five children trying to get their hands on the decorations so that they can all have their part in decorating. The three oldest will be the smaller problem but, the three year old... Well, I am not sure we have enough duct tape to keep him away from the tree and said decorations. Then there is the 16 month old little bit. Well we can always put her into the highchair and give her something to snack on.

But the good news is that last night I got 4 bottles of my favorite wine so hopefully that should be enough to get me through the official tree decorating with a smile on my face. So just wish us good thoughts that we will all make it through this with no casualities.