Decorating Adventures...

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted. Time has been flying by at lightening speed. I am still not even close to being ready for Christmas. Last week I finally got my Christmas decorations up inside the house. Most of the outdoor lights are up, but not the roof lights... I had a minor disaster-- this year most of my outdoor lights were burnt out. So, I had to spend a fortune replacing them. Hopefully this weekend I can get up on the roof to hang the lights---just in time for Christmas.

I still haven't finished my Christmas shopping for the kids. This year I have been so slack. In years past I have always bought presents early, but this year I seem to be having trouble getting it together. I haven't even taken the kids for their Christmas portraits yet-- we have got an appointment for that in the morning... Hopefully the photo shoot won't be too chaotic. We'll see if the photographer will be able to get all three to smile at once---I never seem to be able to...

I am really trying to get myself into the Christmas spirit, but I am having such a hard time... I have been so moody and short tempered lately. I don't know what it is... Too much going on I guess. I hope that I can snap out of this moodiness soon.

There was a thread on one of the adoption email groups I subscribe to about the loneliness a single parent sometimes feels not having another adult to talk to about problems with the kids. I have found myself feeling sad sometimes that I don't have a partner who is as invested in my kids. My friends are pretty good about putting up my constant updates on my kids. But, still, sometimes it would be nice to have someone who really cared about them as much as I do. Oh well, that isn't going to happen, so I might as well get over it...

The kids decorated their own little tree in the playroom. This year, there was more fighting involved... apparently the tree is just too small for three opinionated children to decorate at once. Next year, we better get a bigger one!

Little A Prepares A Ornament

Proud Big A

Big A's Response To D's

Destruction Of The Ornament

The Finished Product....