New Year’s Wish

I wanted to stay in bed all day.   I’ve done it before, but only when I’ve been sick and I’m not sick.  My husband has a head cold and has been doing some impressive snoring the past few nights.   My daughter has a bad runny nose with the same head cold but my son and I have remained mucous-free for now.   We’ll see how the cold plays out in our house over the next week or two.

So about staying in bed—I nearly accomplished it.   I got up a few times to answer calls for help from my children.   I had them bring in a game to play on the bed at one point but for the most part I was in bed until close to six o’clock this evening, so I’m going to count it a successful New Year’s day overall.

The house is nearly cleaned up from Christmas excepting the tree, which we’ll get done tomorrow and the thank you notes are almost complete.   School starts for my son on Wednesday although my daughter has three more weeks off with her track out year-round school calendar.  

I’m finishing this post and going back to bed in our coldish bedroom.   The master isn’t as cold as the basement since there is warm air right outside the door from a working heat system.   Hopefully that will get fixed tomorrow too.

The Big Boy Update:  My son has been writing some thank you notes and drawing pictures on them to indicate the presents he was given.   His favorite part, and the incentive I’ve been using to get him motivated, is sealing the envelopes with sealing wax and some seals I ordered from—wait for it—China.   He loves sealing the envelopes with all different colors of wax.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter has been writing her thank you notes and surprise, she wants to write the letters, not use braille.   She’s good at writing, although she doesn’t optimize space on the page well.   She writes in print but honestly, she’s not that much behind her brother in writing.   I wish I could tell how much and what she can see when she does it though.