It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

Big weekend for Rich. He started out Saturday with a five mile hike w/ the 11yr scouts then came home showered and was off to get Lasik! YAY! He has been looking forward to this for a LONG time. Hunter was so worried they had cut out his eyes! Sierrah kept wanting to get right in his face and look at his eyes.

ROBORICH!
The kids were upset we had to leave for a few hours on Sat. The doctors office was an hour away. Then dad came home and went to bed at 4:30pm and I got him up to eat a turkey sandwich at 9pm then, it was off to bed until about 7am this morning.
We have to wake up Sunday morning and head BACK over to the docs office for his post-op visit. So far so good, 20/20. The kids aren't happy we are leaving them for the morning. We are about a half hour away and Richard and Hunter call us wanting to know what they can do. I hear Rich tell Hunter, "I don't know, just go wrap some presents!" Then he hangs up. I am imagining Hunter running to our room and digging under my bed and finding the wrapping paper to wrap stuff in. No, Hunters take on the conversations was "Dad said we can decorate the house for Christmas" So all three kids kick it into CHRISTMAS gear and this is what we come home to:

We have snow in the family room. Sierrah said she only used 5 cotton balls and ripped them up. Doesn't it just make you cold. :)

A bow on the candlestick and arranged presents up on a high shelf. I don't even want to know how the kids got up there??

Looks like mistletoe!

My new kitchen table centerpiece, complete with santa hat.

This was our first glimpse into our newly decorated house. You can't see it but they got the glitter out and put glitter on the wrapped package. I had to get the vacuum out and suck up all the glitter that was covering one half of the kitchen table and all over the floor. We started picking up some of the things they had done, they started getting offended that we were taking things down. I felt bad. I have left some up and probably will I guess until we get our other Christmas things out of the attic.
My kids have been on a MESS MAKING kick lately. They have been building forts in the backyard with all the blankets in the house. I am glad they are playing great with each other but I have a TON of laundry to do when they are done. New rule around here after this weekend. *no more blankets outside* The little people around here are making me crazy!! I better go and see what mess I need to help clean up next.