Week 12 - Christmas Break

Sunday we didn't do much of anything. We sat around the house doing our various hobbies and relaxation things (meaning I was crocheting while most everyone else was on electronics or watching Netflix) and we went to mass in the morning. On Monday the biggest thing that we did is that Peanut and I spent part of the day together making two cakes out of leftover Halloween cake mix and frosting (neither had milk product in them which made them OK for SweetPea to eat due to her milk allergy). This was another day of mostly relaxing together and hanging out. Monkey had to work in the morning and Daddy had a MRI on his head, due to chronic migraines, in the afternoon. It really wasn't a very busy day though.


Tuesday Noni came out and we picked up lunch from Burger King and then a movie from Red Box to watch while SweetPea and Little Man napped (Monkey worked this day as well. We watched Nut Job 2 and found it very entertaining. Sometime during the day we finished eating the rest of the cakes. After Noni left, having dropped off her Christmas gifts for the children, we spent the rest of the day relaxing and hanging out together.


On Wednesday and Thursday we had pretty laid back relaxing days, with nothing much going on. Wednesday morning Monkey had to work for a few hours and on Thursday afternoon ECJ helped me bake a batch of fudge like brownies with cherries baked right in (the secret to this batch was two jars of baby food because I needed the jars for an experiment on Friday with the girls). I took a break from crocheting both of these days. For the most part we relaxed and watched Netflix, doing nothing more than spending time together. Even during these days of relaxing laundry was done each day ... in a family as large as ours laundry is done daily or it piles up until it gets out of control. Water and gas bills, along with electric bills, be darned ... clean clothing is a MUST. 

Friday and Saturday were much of the same as the rest of the week. Though we got the results of Daddy's MRI on Friday and found out that there is nothing physical causing Daddy's migraines! This means that there is no tumors or growths causing the migraines which is an awesome thing! Next appointment for Daddy is the neurologist to see if they can come up with a reason for the migraines and a pain management doctor. But, we're on our way to getting answers.

Obviously, we didn't do too much of anything really on our first week of Christmas break ... we have two more weeks to go! Maybe we'll be busy and maybe we won't we'll just have to see! I'm going to wish you a Merry Christmas now (though if you follow us on Facebook or Instagram you'll get a few photos that you won't see here on the blog) as I won't be posting again until January 5, 2018! 2018, y'all!!!! It's right here, around the corner! My how this year has flown!

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