This week was not as busy as I had anticipated. Monday as I walked Justin to school, he pointed out the rare sunset. I told him that it was actually a sunrise and asked him why he thought it was rare. He said that we don't see one very often so it must be rare. Yep, we are getting to that time of year when the sun doesn't rise quite as early. I look forward to the days growing longer again so we don't see the sunrise. Guess that will be some time away still.
We decorated the Christmas tree. The boys were very excited to see it up and to rediscover ornaments from past years. We really don't have a lot of Christmas decorations other than the tree. That is probably a good thing as the boys continuously play with the Little People nativity and the musical snow globe we do have out. It is fun that they are so excited for Christmas.
Tuesday was Ryan's 5th birthday. How did my baby get so big? Well, I guess he has always been big, so how did he get so old? Justin made many birthday decorations for Ryan and was excited for him. We have had problems getting our mail, but fortunately Grandma mailed Ryan's presents very early. He got presents from Grandma and Papa and a book from Justin. We are crossing our fingers that his birthday presents, Justin's presents, and the Christmas presents arrive. Many arrived in Dulles around Veteran's Day, just haven't gotten here yet. :( Anyway, Ryan was VERY excited about getting his Skylanders, so once he opened that I think he would have been done with presents even if he had had more.
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Ready to open his presents
Do you think he is excited? |
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| Getting in some Skylanders time before J has to go to school |
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| Ryan wanted a butt cake, but I refused. I made him a 5 cake instead |
On Wednesday we had some friends over for dinner. They moved on Saturday so it was good to have a little bit of time with them. Ryan will miss Cyrus at school and over at the house. It was fun for him to have a friend right across the street. Ryan is about 1 1/2 years older, but he enjoyed being the older kid for a change.
By Thursday my headache and just not feeling quite right turned to feverish. Yuck. Lucky for me, even though it wasn't a regular school day for Ryan, the teacher asked if he could be there so he could do a special activity. I spent the morning in bed.
On Friday Ryan wasn't feeling well either. I started to take him to school and then brought him back. He was really whiny and it wasn't just the four hours of sleep he had for the night. By the afternoon he also had a fever. We had some good cuddle time at least. Cyrus came over with his mom and brother to return a few things. We took some pictures before saying goodbye.
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| Doesn't Justin look freakishly tall in this pic? |
Saturday was the day of Justin's winter concert at school. He had been talking and talking about it. We were all well enough to go. He was a cutie and did well in both of the things he was in. Unfortunately it was hard to see him very well. I will upload the two video clips to youtube for Grandma to watch.
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| I saw Justin and Ani's Mesopotamian city on display at the school. |
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| Justin and Ani before the concert. |
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| Justin and Ani waiting for the dance part to start |
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| He is on the stage near the bottom middle |
The hour at the school wore me out and made Ryan cranky.
On Sunday we woke up to our first snow and Ryan was so excited. I had to take a picture because it was funny how excited he was over nothing. It did start to snow again later and we got a measureable amount. Ryan and I stayed home from church and rested up. We both no longer have fevers and seem to feel much better. I hope we are ready for the last week of school before Christmas break. I also hope we get mail!
