Month: December 2018

On Saturday Ajax was up bright and early so by extension I was up early as well.  I decided to take advantage of my early morning and went grocery shopping. Of course this close to Christmas everyone else had that idea and was also grocery shopping.  It was packed.

By the time I got home we had time to unload the car and then set off for Detroit (after dropping Husker at daycare and eating lunch at the slowest McDonalds).  We made good time downtown and arrived at the Fox Theater.  This was the kids first time there, as well as Daves, and they were impressed.  It’s been so long since I’d been there, I was just as excited.  We met my parents there and we saw A Charlie Brown Christmas.  It was pretty cute.  Both kids loved it. Noomi sat on my lap and kept leaning over saying, this is the happiest I have been in a long time.  Gesh kid.  The kids loved the old school cargo elevator which took us up to Balcony C, the official nosebleed seats.

Afterwards we met everyone at Mexican Village for a family dinner and gift exchange.   After dinner we headed home.  Neither kid slept as they both had a ton of pop with dinner and were pretty wired.

On Sunday, Noomi and I headed to my cousin’s house in South Lyon for a lunch/cookie exchange.  Dave and Ajax stayed home and Ajax had a friend over to play.  Ajax said he and his friend had a lot of fun playing Legos and Fortnight.   Noomi had fun decorating cookies, eating cookies, and generally running around with cousins.

Sunday night was easy, we ordered pizza and I found a silly show on Amazon that my family watched when I was little – Young Riders. It’s corny, the kids and I enjoyed it, Dave tolerated it.

This past weekend was busy and fun all rolled into one.

On Saturday morning we were up and had breakfast with Santa in town sponsored by the Williamston Schools Foundation.  We ate a lot of pancakes and had an overall good time.  Noomi brouht her notebook with a written list of her wish list items and went through each one with Santa.  Ajax grudgingly spoke with Santa (but really only to hedge his bets on this whole Santa thing).

After breakfast we took Husker to Pet Smart and he got to meet Santa as well.  I then did some shopping while Dave and the kids did some house work.   We also tried our hand at making homemade marshmallows, which were wonderful!

On Sunday, we were a lazy family and did very little.  We cooked and cleaned, did laundry, played video games, and took Husker for a walk in the woods.  We also wrapped presents and ate a bunch of junk.  It was a great Sunday.

Today after dinner the kids and I headed into Okemos to volunteer for a packing session for Many Hands, a local nonprofit. Both kids worked hard and did great.  Driving home we talked about what we did and why.  Noomi then launched into a story about how she played tooth or dare with her friend, Sophie. Noomi said she chose dare and Sophie dared her to eat one Goldfish cracker and one slice of a clementine at the same time and she did!  Ajax said, Noomi, it’s truth, not tooth!  Noomi argued with him a bit until I chimed in that it was in fact truth and not tooth.   Kids.

Busy weekend per usual.   I finally decided that I had to re-do the bathroom ceiling (as the paint was peeling and flaking and looking a mess).  It involved scrapping, sanding, patching, priming, caulking, and painting.  Way more work than I ever anticipating and beyond the scope of my home improvement skills, as I always stay way clear of anything related to drywall.  Now that it’s all finished, it ain’t pretty, but it looks better than it did!

On Saturday, we put up the tree and decorated for Christmas.  We were supposed to go to the Williamston Light Parade, however, Dave had a cold and it was pouring rain.  We stayed home, ate pizza, and watched a movie.   Earlier in the day, Noomi and I did venture out to the grocery store, but that was about it.  For some reason Noomi will hardly let me out of her sight and insists on going with me everywhere.

On Sunday, Ajax made the family waffles for breakfast (all by himself with only minimal input from me).  They turned out great and he was so proud!  We cleaned up the house, did some laundry, and then Grandma Mary and Grandpa Gordy came over to visit.  We went up to The Commons and donated some toys.  The kids also got to decorate gingerbread houses and see Santa.  Afterwards we all went out to dinner before heading home.

That night the kids were playing and I heard Noomi say (as she swooped a robot dinosaur/bird down over Ajax’s head) – “this is baby Jesus and I am the Queen of God!”  Ajax rolled his eyes.  We don’t know much about religion in this house.