Catching Up Today...

Where has the week gone~ is what I have been saying as of lately! Anyone else feeling the same? The holidays are quickly approaching and this stresses me out. This weather also makes it tough on me to de-stress since I cannot go running. I could but I don't think Jordan would appreciate it!
Rush, rush, rush...
I am thankful that school was delayed two hours because of freezing rain this morning (yes crazy weather in NC today in November), since I was up on the computer until midnight finishing my online shopping to take advantage of the sales that ended at midnight! I did it! I feel so much better about Christmas getting closer! See my time is limited this year with the boys being home and Jordan not in preschool, Thanksgiving break, then tracked out two weeks later and travel!
It also stresses me out because the items they ask for break the bank! It was so much easier when they liked the box and wrapping paper! The things they ask for are each around $100! I feel I have done a good job on managing their wants and needs this year. We have become overwhelmed with all these electronics that the boys keep asking for. I put my foot down. They have enough. I want things they have to actually engage with another human being and we can have fun as a family. I am not a gamer and I actually despise them. So it drives me bonkers when they sit on those games on their Dsi's, Ipad, or our Iphones, or the kindle, or their laptops and play mindless games. It is like they are in their own little world. I could carry on a whole conversation with myself! So I feel the need to disconnect for awhile and I have been trying to limit their screen time now before they are home and that's all they want to do over break. I am easing them into it...
I am thankful for this weekend as I can get ALL of it done while Cooper is at his hockey clinic this weekend in Wake Forest and dad gets to stay home with the rest of the kiddos. I should sneak in a little pedicure while I am at it:)!