I can't sleep... too much excitement around here!

Well, no matter how hard I try...there always seems to be TONS to do the week before christmas. Shopping, cooking, wrapping, decorating!! I didn't get all the decorations up this year... and some of them are still out waiting to be 'repaired'. Oh yes....those are the same clay pot soliders that resided under the end table for ALL of 2007... maybe they will find themselves repaired and on display for Christmas 2008! Breoni really wanted to help clean. EVERY time I got out the broom or swifer, she wanted to help! And, I often had to ask DADDY to help out... we found the the ICE CREAM sandwiches were a good deterent! A little chocolate and ice cream diversion never hurt! And, of course with all the excitement... Breoni was sure that she DIDN'T want to go to bed. "But, mama, I'll miss something!"...and, she's got her Daddy wrapped around her finger, so, "sure as shootin' " she'll start the crying laced with a significant amount of DADDY'S in there and he comes a runnin'! He even tried to help her fall asleep! Yep! It's totally TRUE! Jerry got IN Breoni's crib with her! It's a wonder the whole thing didn't collapse! I was actually impressed with Jerry and the crib during this playful adventure!
Which didn't work at all so, we ended up dancing and singing to the BACKYARDIGANS! She's got a bit of the red-headed-fire-in-her... so she was pretty assertive about wanting to watch her movie. She's SIGNING "more movie please" and putting a pretty good pout on!

And, SPIKE did a very good job of guarding the way downstairs. He is a wonderful dog. Incredibly patient and gentle with Breoni. She loves him dearly and looks forward to giving him treats everyday!