JuliannaLand

Someone is sleeping in his train tent tonight.

The obsession with camping has become a real burden.

We had to draw the line at a campfire in his room.

I'm not abandoning this blog entirely but I get tired of it being down in the evenings.... so now I write at:

Julianna Gets Crafty

This blog will be for my boys as a journal for them.

Grant, you are almost four years old now.

You want a train-themed birthday party with a polar express cake.  You know your  birthday comes after Valentine's Day but before Easter and you're so excited.  So are we!  We're teaching you to read and  you're really frustrated  because you want to read now.

Andy,  you're sick again.  We've battled all week to get you healthy.  Two shots, chest x-rays and breathing treatments but now you can breathe and are happy and wonderful.  Today you looked at me, pointed to your pants and said  "bye bye"  I told you ok and  you took the pants off.  You're incredibly smart and we just want you to be healthy and happy.

Anyway, this blog will still be online (unless Drew is fighting battles of course) but it will become 100% letters to my kids.

See you at blogspot!

Merry Christmas.

Christmas 2010 was magical. Grant is just old enough to go bananas for it and we're just excited enough to go bananas buying fun things for him. I had stuff stashed in so many places that I'm certain there are toys hidden that I've forgotten about.

Grant was priceless when he finally saw his pillow pet. So much build up. He's sleeping on it now.

Andy had a great Christmas too. His favorite gift might be tupperware. A genius idea from Granny.

This Christmas season was a really really busy one. We did advent every single day. We did the Elf on the Shelf. Last night we had a note that appeared on Elmer (our elf) telling Grant that he told Santa what a good boy Grant was and what a pleasure it was to be with our family for the past month. He left us all gifts under the tree (Pjs) to open while he watched.

Poor Grant was so sick yesterday. He perked up enough to really enjoy today. Drew, on the other hand, has the stomach bug that I caught earlier this week. He toughed it out this morning but slept most of the afternoon and all evening.

As for me, I've been basking in the glow of a wonderful Christmas and an amazing year. I feel so blessed to have Grant and Andy, to have found and married Drew. I have such wonderful, supportive friends. We have a roof over our heads and food in the pantry. We are just so fortunate and I am so thankful. Merry Christmas to my wonderful blog-readers. I'm considering moving to blogspot in 2011. Will keep you posted!

Coming up this week:

“The Julies” My awards for the best and the worst of the year.

Also:

How did I do on my New Year's Resolutions? A full-disclosure report before 12/31 as well as a public-telling of my 2011 resolutions.