December 10 found us at the Milton Momstown holiday party. Drew and Hunter both had a blast. There was food, crafts, tunnels, a parachute, and Surprise! Santa was there too, handing out presents! Hunter wouldn't have anything to do with him, but Drew went right up and told Santa what he would like for Christmas ("you'd think he'd know by now, mommy, I've told him SOOO many times!"). It should be mentioned here, that Drew has asked for Diesel 10, some troublesome trucks and Diesel from Santa. These are all "Thomas" trains and you'd think they'd be simple enough to find. I went to our local Thomas "dealer" searching for "Diesel" in order to help Santa out this year. Turns out, "Diesel" has been discontinued. Lovely. Told my wonderful husband and he immediately found one on e-bay. We've ordered it, but it is coming from China, so might not be here in time for Christmas.
The things we do for our children.
We loaded up the car the following day and headed to Pioneer village to have lunch with Santa. We had a great time here. Met up with L, N and the girls. Lunch with Santa also includes admission to the grounds and a horse-drawn carriage ride through the village. I'd never been to pioneer village. We will definitely be back. I really enjoyed myself, and so did the boys. I didn't think they'd be as enthusiastic about the whole thing as they were.
Once Hunter started freaking out, we decided it was nap time and headed for the door....stopped at the penny crushing machine for our souvenir and hit the road. Our next stop was St. Catharines for the Hodgson's annual open house. Both boys slept the entire way, with Hunter puking half-way along the journey. We didn't really think anything of this though, as Hunter usually pukes at some point during a long car ride.
We arrived in St. Catharines a little early, so we decided to head to McD's for an early dinner. Drew looked a little pale and would not eat a thing. Hmmmm, little bug must not be feeling well. No biggie, we figured we'd head to Luc and Erin's, stay for a bit and then head home early.
We were at their place for maybe 30 minutes. The boys had enough time to open their gifts and play a little bit, when Drew tells me he's going to throw up. I grab him, and run towards the bathroom....out steps a little girl in front of me, at the same exact moment Drew throws up. So, not only is my little man barfing all over Erin's house right before all of her guests are about to arrive, he's throwing up on one of the guests. Awesome. I felt like such a heal.
I frantically start cleaning up, telling Drew it's OK, we'll get cleaned up and then head for home. After 5 minutes, he was totally fine. I mean, totally fine. He was running around, had some 7-up, begging to stay. I'm pretty sure it was food poisoning, because he never looked back.......so we stayed for a bit. I didn't really get to visit with many people. Spent most of the time running after Hunter. Drew met some of the neighbour kids and played with them throughout the evening. It was a great party, as usual, and it's always nice to see everyone....even if I don't get to visit much.
Sunday, the 12th, we took the kids to my mom's work x-mas party for kids. There were hot dogs, cookies, ice cream, drinks, and chocolate. What more could we ask for?? Santa was there, giving out gifts. The boys seemed to have a good time....although, it did seem to drag on just a bit. They had colouring/stickers for the kids to do at each table, but beyond that (and the eating) there wasn't anything else for them to do.
James dropped Hunter off with me at the school and then had to head straight back home to work in the barn all day. We were shipping a few cattle out this day, and James had to sort them and get them ready. Hunter and I headed for the mall to try and finish our shopping (which we were unable to do, I'm terribly indecisive when it comes to Christmas gifts). James had everything ready and waiting for my dad when H and I got home. A good thing too, because there was a message from my mom that the trucker would be arriving at 2:30 (we arrived home at 2:20) and we weren't expecting him until 5!!!
I ran down to the barn to tell James, who promptly walked black mama and her newborn (well 1 month old) twins (Biff and Bash) out of the stall we had them in and into the barnyard. My dad showed up, and they ran the bulls through, into the stall. The trucker showed up, so they ran them out into the pen and then straight onto the truck. It all went very smoothly. In fact, it went so quickly, that when I saw my dad walking up from the barn and the trucker leaving, I thought something had gone wrong and they had given up. My brother was planning on coming by after school to help and then everyone was going to stay for dinner at our house. It was all done so early, that we texted Jamie to meet us at the Glen, dad left with a round bale, and James, Hunter and I took the dinner we were going to serve at our house, up to the Glen and had it there (Drew was already at the Glen, as my mom brings him home on the bus with her from school).
It's embarrassing, but I always shed a few tears when our cows/bulls are sent out. I know it's the nature of the job, and it's the circle of life and blah, blah, blah, but I seem to grow attached to certain ones, and then have a hard time saying goodbye.
And there you have it.....the main events from this month so far. We've got a few more things lined up for the next couple of days, and I will post about them soon...hopefully with a bit more detail.
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