I'm still here!

We made it. The boys are now officially out of school for their Christmas break. We did the classroom Christmas parties, I purchased my last gift purchase today, and three out of the four are in bed. 

Let the vacation begin! 

Well, not really, but I am looking forward to not having to cart anyone back and forth at 8:30 in the morning. And having Mike around. And baking lots of yummy treats. And cuddling. If there's one thing we've been short on, it's the cuddling time. I've had to send at least 2 out of the 4 to school without their cuddle time. There are not enough hours between 6:30am and 8:30am to get all our cuddling in! Not if they want breakfast anyway. 

Speaking of which, I started the morning off by burning the only two bagels I had left in the house. Someone had turned the toaster settings up to five, instead of their customary two, and before I knew it: black crusts for breakfast. Before that, I had spilled all the coffee grounds everywhere except the garbage. I was still vacuuming them out of the potato basket at lunchtime. 

But the day got better with Cole's classroom holiday party with their graham cracker gingerbread houses. That was fun. Ben overdosed a bit with the candy canes, but overall, it's been a really pleasant day. Pizza and a holiday movie or two. Chocolate advent calendars. 

I love Christmas break!