It doesn't happen that often, but a couple times a year my parents take the kids for the weekend.  It is my 10th wedding anniv. and my hubby and I are alone for the whole weekend.  It is great.  For the first time, I don't miss my kids.  Is that bad of me?  Usually, I only get through a couple of hours before I start missing them. 

    You know how kids are at a young age when you tell them no.  They go ask the other parent.  Well, my husband was taking a nap, so when I told my daughter no to having another candy cane, she only had one option.  Go to her brother.  She did.  She pickded up his keypad asked him if she could have a candy cane.  He told her yes. 

   Now what was I supposed to do?  It was the first time he "talked" to her.  I was so excited, there was only one thing I could do.  I let her have the candy cane.

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My little boy saved his money all year long.  Today, his CAP worker and him went shopping for presents for his sister, me and his daddy.  He did a great job.  She said he knew what he wanted and put them in the cart.  If she took something down that he didn't want to buy, he would push it back up to the shelf.  She wrapped up the presents to me, but I wrapped up the rest.  He picked out some really nice and appropriate gifts.  He has a way of knowing just what we want.

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For Christmas, I will be giving back to the community by doing a special Story Telling for a Christmas party Social Services is holding.  I will take my daughter with me, because I hope she will get some understanding of what it means to be charitable.  Does anyone else do anything special during the month of December in the way of acts of kindness or charity?

We have had a quiet week.  Everyone is feeling better.  Life is back to "normal".  My boy is being stubborn about not wanting to do things for himself that I know he can do.  Since that is the only major thing going on right now, I consider myself lucky.  It is nice to have a little break from the normal roller coaster of a life we have.

I've been out of the loop because we have been sick.  We are getting better.  Stomach bug.

So, last night, after the kids were in bed, hubby and I were whispering to each aother that this year we would have an old-fashioned Christmas.  Money is not just tight, but almost non-existent.  We have bought a couple of small gifts for the kids, but can not afford to buy anything else.  My business isn't going as well as I thought and hubby is hearing rumors at work about lay-offs.  We thought both kids were asleep.  I told hubby I would make the kids some things for Christmas.  I know my little girl loves things that are made for her, especially by me, more than most things I could buy for her.  I also, have a perfect idea for what to make for my son.  I didn't tell hubby what, just that I had a great idea for him.

Well, this morning, my boy "told" me that he didn't want an old fashioned Christmas.  That he wants me to buy his presents not make them. I guess, he wasn't asleep after all.  He has very sensitive hearing and can hear whispers from the other side of the house, so I am not surprised that he heard us talking in the other bedroom.  I am not going to give up on my idea though.  I do think he will love it when he sees it. 

My little boy has learned how to knock on the door all by himself.  When I sae him do it for the first time, his face was all lit up.  I think he knew what a great thing that was.  I was so proud. I I could tell he was proud of himself too.