On the 1st day of Christmas break, my true love sent to me...

a few hours of peace so I could sleep in. Ahhhhh! The kids and dogs only allowed me to sleep until 8am, but the extra hour and a half of zzzz's was bliss!

On the menu for today:
1. Laundry
2. Print out Christmas letter
3. Get cards in the mail
4. Laundry
5. Walmart (this part really scares me)
6. Clean up around the house
7. Laundry

I'm seriously looking forward to the next 2 weeks. We have no fancy plans for the holidays and I almost get giddy thinking about all the days where we have nothing scheduled and no where to be!

I think I might have mentioned something about pics in my last post, but truth be told, I haven't had the camera out all that much. Most of the kids hide when the camera comes out anyway. Only one really hams it up for me - I'll give you a hint: his name starts with J and ends with -osh ;) I did find this pic though.
The 3rd grade class at our school goes to the nursing home once a month to interact with the residents. Every December, the kids get to sing Christmas carols and then present two residents with a stocking filled with goodies. It's really an amazing thing to see... the smiles on the faces of the residents is a gift in and of itself.