Things I Learned on Christmas Vacation

As our Christmas vacation draws to a close,

I've reflected on a few things I learned these past thirteen days:

• Caleb likes to take baths (or showers)
• The kids like to play with my pillows . . . jump on them, throw them, make a mud pile out of them . . . I think I've made my bed about 50 times this vacation
• The kids love eggnog. . . Brandon bought about 3 gallons
• Caleb loves being naked
• I love to bake and because I do, I bake way too many cookies
• Brandon likes an organized and clean house even more than I do (if that's possible)
• Caleb can find any candy in the house . . . even after we've hidden it
• Sarah is a master at making up games to play in her room and then not picking it up . . . maybe that's the game
• The kids like to be pretend puppies
• Caleb loves to eat hot dogs
• I love playing Super Mario on Sarah's DS . . . thankfully she "needs" my help
• Caleb cannot steer his new John Deere tractor

And the most important thing I've learned:

It is a waste of paper to make a to-do list. . .
I only get things accomplished on the last day of vacation, such as:

• clean the storage room
• organize the linen closet
• organize the yard sale items (for a date yet to be determined)
• put away kids clothes that don't fit anymore
• do the laundry
• rearrange furniture
• hang a wine rack in the kitchen
• hang a candle holder in the basement
• check Sarah's upcoming Girl Scout schedule
• enter recipes on the computer
• embroider on Caleb's baby quilt (I know, I know, but better late than never!!)
• clean the kitchen three times (seriously, why three. . should have waited until after dinner)
• packed the diaper bag
• organized my work stuff
• gave Caleb two baths (see above listing) and Sarah one bath
• vaccumed the basement
• updated my blog

WHAT A DAY!!! 

WHAT A HUSBAND!!!

WHAT A GREAT START TO 2012!!!