Post-Christmas, Pre-Birthday

We survived the Christmas season! Wish I could say as much for the tree and my house... The tree looked good for a week or two. Now it looks like it's ready to lay down and call it a day. My house was a complete disaster until about 2 hours ago. I finally called a time-out and commanded the kids to get their stuff out of the livingroom, then vacuumed for probably 30 minutes to get up all of the little bits of paper and other assorted trash. It's amazing what a good going-over will do for a room!

Now, on to the next task. My big boy will be 6 tomorrow. Really, at 3:44 tomorrow morning. I was so excited and nervous on the day he was born. And it was a long day; it all started with my induction at 7am. I was so deluded - I thought it would all be over within a matter of hours. Silly me.

Anyway, he'll be six tomorrow. He's in kindergarten and can read now, even words with 2 vowels. He looks out for his little sisters and helps take care of the littlest one. And tomorrow he'll be one whole hand and then some. I wish him the world, the best of everything, all the happiness he can stand. He's kind and loving - he told us before Christmas that all he really wanted was a good mom and pop, and that he already has them. How could I not love this boy with all my heart?