Merry-ing

I'm trying to make this a celebratory month.  It seems like I ought to be able to find something Christmasish to do with my kids every day in December.  Actually, that would be very do-able if all of my kids were the same age.  BUT they are not.  So I've decided to try to do something Christmasish with at least Sir O every day.  He is, after all, the only one who stands a chance of remembering it.  Yesterday we watched the Joy to the World DVD during the Captain's nap.  I cried my little eyes out, and it sure wasn't because the production values were stellar.  (side note: I was actually an extra in this film, but you never see me).  Sir O was remarkably responsive compared to his typical self of late (though he now vastly prefers baby Jesus to grown-up Jesus.) Now he insists on playing Away in a Manger on repeat for hours at a time.

However, I don't want to be relying on DVD's to provide our Christmas cheer around here.

Hopefully Mr Renn and I will sit down and calendar our celebratoriness tonight.



We did manage to start an advent candle last night.   The candle was 88 cents, and I made the marks myself with a metallic sharpie.  Sure beats paying $6 and having to justify it come budget day.

Our gentleman has been started on a prescription for reflux and while he still isn't sleeping much, he seems significantly more content.  I'm choosing to remain optimistic, and to baby-wear as much as my back and shoulders will let me.  (I ruined my neck and back in a car accident in high school - so I reach a point where I must put the kid down).



All 3 boys have runny noses.  I am bracing myself for hard-times if this turns into a bad cold.  Hopefully we can still be celebratory even if we are coughing our lungs up all through the night.