Sick Kids...

Last week Riley had a stomach virus. Today Aidan woke up with one. They are both feeling better but it just breaks my heart when they are sick! Hopefully after this we will be done w/ the germs for a bit! Since Riley was sick last week we didn't do much. But I had the weekend off and we had a great time. Saturday we went to ride the Santa Train in Spencer. The kids had a blast. They love trains and really enjoy train rides....the fact that Santa was there was just the icing on the cake! Riley is very fond of Santa this year. We have gone to see 4 times now. She hugs him, sits on his lap and just talks away! Aidan is a different story though. He gets very excited and wants to see him but he gets scared once he is on his lap and starts to cry. So, I just hold him while Santa talks to him but Aidan won't talk back : ) Nonetheless, he loves to 'see' him! After the train ride we went to James parents and hung out for a bit. They kept the kids and we went to James' company Christmas party. It was at the Palm and as always the food was spectacular and we had a great time! We are supposed to go to the Christmas Party at Concord Airport tomorrow night. I hope Aidan is feeling better because we are all looking forward to it. The kids love airplanes also, so they are very excited they are getting to have dinner at the airport and getting to see Santa AGAIN!!!

Two wonderful days...

We have had two great days! I was in a 'funk' this week until yesterday :( I think it has to do w/ me being emotional with it being our first set of Holiday's w/o dad. It's been on my mind a lot and it's just been a little upsetting. I'm very glad to be feeling better. Yesterday Aidan and I stayed home all morning while Riley was in school. We never do this so it was a nice change. Aidan was very tired and slept all morning so I started cleaning and doing laundry. We came straight home after picking up Riley. The kids played wonderfully for 2 hours. This usually does not happen for more than a few minutes at a time....so I kept cleaning and let them play. I did the same while they took their nap. By the time James got home I had almost the entire house done! Most of you know that I LOVE having a clean house so I was very excited!!! Then we went to dinner. We don't do this much anymore b/c Aidan is a handful. So, most of the time dinner out is not enjoyable right now. They were awesome though so we had a great time! After that we went Christmas shopping for our Angel that James picked out from the Angel Tree. After the kids went to bed I got the rest of the house done! Woo Hoo!!! It feels great to have it all done at once instead of in bits and pieces....that doesn't happen much anymore : ) This morning Riley had her first dentist appointment. She did GREAT!!! James and I were very shocked at how well it went. She was a very big girl and let them do everything they needed including the cleaning. She was nervous but the staff was awesome and really put her at ease. We were impressed w/ the office and with Riley! After that we came home for our play date w/ Papa, Emily and Hailey. (The girls are Riley and Aidan's cousins . They are staying w/ Bill & Debbie for a bit and the kids are very excited b/c they love spending time with them. ) The kids had a great time playing and having McDonalds for lunch! After they left it was so nice outside we wanted to stay outside. We went for a nice long walk then played outside for awhile. We all needed that! It was very refreshing. Tonight we just hung out for a bit b/f James left (he went to a concert w/ Chris) and had chicken chili for lunch...my new favorite...Yummy!!! After he left I let the kids cuddle in the bed w/ me and watch a movie (cuddle time is my favorite!). Riley is still cuddling me with me now as she sleeps and I watch the 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2'. The perfect ending to two wonderful days!!!!

A note from Riley....

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