This Thing Called Life: SOCK CRAZE AND SMOKE HAZE. THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON US!

Christmas time- LOVE IT! I think it's no secret that our family loves loves loves this time of year! Kaelyn has been going around the house singing Jingle Bells. However, she doesn't know the words so she sings "Jingy balls, jingy balls, Santas on his way!" She is so proud of herself that I don't have the heart to correct her just yet. Plus, it provides a great laugh! The day after Thanksgiving is the day we usually get our tree and decorate. It was raining cats and dogs so we decided to skip the tree. Aaron was going to put up the lights and I would decorate the inside. A nice relaxing day.

I woke up super early (not on purpose) and decided to head to Fred Meyer to see what all the 1/2 price sock hype on Black Friday was about. Ladies were getting crazy over socks like it was the last time socks would EVER be sold! I'm all for a good deal but sheesh people RELAX! Everyone was going nuts so I tried cracking a joke to the lady next to me. Nothing. I know she heard me but she was in such a sock trance she wouldn't break that for anything!I grabbed two packs for Kaelyn and said screw it for the rest of my family. I snagged a few more items and came home. I had strict instructions from Sir Griswold to be home by first light so he could start on the lights.

I get out the decorations and think how nice it would be to start a fire since it was so gloomy out. I have started many fires in my day but never one in our fireplace. I gather some wood, I saw like 5 spiders and tried not to freak out! I start my fire and walked off to get Kaelyn dressed for the day feeling mighty proud of myself for my fire starting skills. I walk back down the hall and there is smoke EVERYWHERE!!! The smoke alarms start going off, Kaelyn is screaming, and Prince is freaking out! Leah was laying on the floor (in another room) and Prince kinda tripped over her during his freak out. Now everyone is crying and I run outside shouting Aaron's name. He is up on the roof, in the POURING rain and I am just yelling about smoke in the house. He comes in and sees the mass meltdown going on with the girls, Prince flipping out and the smoke alarms going off with the faint sound of Christmas music playing in the background. He fixes the issue in 2.5 seconds.

I forgot to open the flue. Whoops.

Every door and window in the house was open trying to air it out. My cozy Christmas decorating environment was now ruined by smoke and cold air coming in! I was finally able to decorate and Aaron was outside hanging lights all day in the pouring rain!

In other news everyone seems to be doing great. We have all been kinda sick for about a month but finally think we've kicked it. Kaelyn is still loving school. She had her first accident the other week. She went all out and pooped in her Minnie's! Seriously? It's all or nothing with that kid! I asked her why she did it and she just said "It's ok Mom __________ just cleaned it up!" Her poor teacher!I was mortified. Shit happens. Literally.

There was a baby shower here for my BFF a little over a week ago and we somehow crammed 30 something ladies in my living room! It was crowded! After the shower all the husbands and kids came over to finish off the food and watch some soccer. 4 days later we hosted Thanksgiving. It wasn't the entire Pingul pack but there was at least 20.Everyone brought something and my Father-in-law made an awesome turkey! Everything was delicious. I was so amazed that with all these people in our house over the four days other than a little cranberry sauce on the playroom floor, there were no major spills on our white, or what should be white carpet. Well that was until late on Thanksgiving night when Aaron's red wine glass leaped off where it was sitting and went all over our light colored couch, Aaron and my sister! I don't know how, but we got it all out!