Christmas All Year Long

We still have all of our holiday decorations up. Not that that's a huge deal as all we put up were two strands of lights that I tacked to our walls in a whimsical way. It's not like one year when I was a kid and our Christmas tree stayed up ALL YEAR LONG when my brother and I refused to help my mom put it away. Now a Christmas tree in August...that's a fun thing to explain to your friends when they show up for a summertime slumber party.

Anyway, I think I might just "pull a mom" and leave the lights up all year long. Not because no one will help take them down, no, nothing like that. I think I'll just leave them up because every time I look at them I feel all happy inside.

Yup, this might be the year my kids remember Christmas happening all year long.

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They Open and Close

Sometimes we have a crowd of teenage boys here overnight...well, often, actually.  Last night was one such night. 

Now, the last time we had a gang here they pretty much pulled an all-nighter.  That's all find, good, and fun.  Except for the fact that they all went to the bathroom over and over and over, and each time they did, they closed the door.  LOUDLY! 

Well, I'm no dummy, this time when they were all gathered in the kid's room playing video games after a raucous game of basketball, I went  in there and gave them a lesson on how to close a door silently.

And you know what?  Those boys closed the bathroom silently all night long.  They are awesome!  But what they also did was go to the kitchen over and over, and open and close the cupboard doors over and over.  LOUDLY!

I'll be preparing my new lesson plans promptly.

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