OK so I gave in and went to bed at 1 a.m. I decided instead of spending the entire night decluttering (not major clutter just papers from school, insurance statements, etc that I carry in the house and set on whatever smooth surface is closest), I would just put all of the papers/misc from around the house into one small box (see? It wasn't THAT much stuff! just the little stuff I don't know what to do with...) and I put the box on one of the cleaned-off shelves in my closet. I will sort it all out on Sat night or Sun night after kids are in bed and I am not on "party" mode.
Got 90% of things ready for Sydney's party. Just need to get the ingredients for homemade ice cream. Have a 6-Qt maker so we will have plenty!
Nathan did something sweet/sad this morning. He got out his large (18-24 inch) dinosaurs to play with the other night. He got out four and named them Mommy, Daddy, Nathan, and Sydney. And then he got a small one and named it Daphne, the dog he had in K.C. that we had to give away b/c it was too aggressive...he loves that dog even still.
Anyway he played just regular stuff with them the past couple evenings. This morning he found a little key chain thing, don't know what they are called exactly, it is a circle about 6" around made of connected ball-bearing thingies. He wrapped it around one dinosaurs hand/claw and then wrapped the other end around another dinosaurs hand/claw.
He said "Look! Mommy and Daddy (dinosaurs) are hooked together. They have to stay together now for all the days...." He said a couple other things but all were basically the same comment, that Mommy and Daddy were stuck together and would stay that way forever. Then he made their noses touch and told me they were giving each other a kiss. I wish he had done that with the counselor instead of me! I just said, "Yes, I see they are stuck together! That is very cute..." I didn't know what else to say.
