Family of Five

Having a family of five sometimes is a bit overwhelming!  There is so much to do in one day and it seems like there is never enough hours or as I get and feel alot older I just am exhausted to even finish!

All 3 boys are now on there first week of Christmas vacation and the teenagers are loving it!  On Saturday we celebrated Kenny's 14th birthday.  He got a PS3 for his big gift.  He actually saved his own money for most of it and then we chipped in a little over $100.00 for him to be able to get it.  But then he also received over $90.00 and wanted to go out and buy a router so he could play online.  Okay ~ no problem ~ I thought!  I took him out to Radio Shack and he got a really good deal on a router.  We hooked it up and he was able to get online and play.~ happy teenager.... Well he was happy, but here comes the 15 yr. old to tell me that we bought the wrong thing, it's junk, the store doesn't know what they are talking about etc etc etc!  Now I don't have time for all of this and during all of this I have been able to get online to do my own stuff, which is very frustrating, then nothing was getting done at all around here!  Sooooo yesterday I called my internet company and spoke with Eric and got all the answers we needed.......AND yes the 15yr. old was wrong.....Kenny got a very good deal and the router is fine.....we need to pay for a bigger package thru internet company if he wants his game to play better online!!!!   So there ~ and that will be the teenagers paying the difference, not me.  For now we are keeping the speed we have.

Went out yesterday morning to pick up Jonathon's new glasses.  Wow, what a difference, they are a lot thicker in the lenses.  His prescription changed a lot, but we are hoping that it will get better before he turns 5. (keeping fingers crossed).  I haven't been able to catch a good picture of him yet, so that will come later.  Overall they look really nice.  I like the new color and he seems to be handling the new script very well.  He really looks like a big boy!

He got his second haircut from mommy the other night and did GREAT!  He sits for me and doesn't fidget or cry like he was at the hair salon so I will continue to just shave him.  And I like it.

Today we are going to spend the day, catching up on laundry and baking our brains out.  I have 5 pies to make ~ fudge ~ sugar cookies ~ and couple of other cookie recipes.  Coleslaw ~ stuffing.  Christmas eve is at our house for part of the family(my sis, my bro and their family and grandpa and grandma Panczyk).  Then Christmas Day we are staying home and inviting our close friend Randy to spend the day with us and I am making dinner.

Then tomorrow I have to make one more trip out for last minute items.......

I am hoping we have a very Merry Christmas!!!!

Oh and in between all of this my hubby's truck tried to start on fire last week, we have had it in and out of garage 4 times and it still is not right.....we were told its on its last leg and just drive it til it dies.......Well there went our Christmas money, so we have a couple of big ticket items still sitting in layaway for the teenagers that just might have to stay with an I.O.U.  I am sad about this, but unless a miracle happens in 2 days........I hope they are not too disappointed.

Sorry for not keeping up on my blog and I will try to find some much needed me time in the future!  I really miss blogging and reading all of my friends blogs.

Pumpkins

Coloring Eggs

On Friday we colored Easter eggs at Auntie Carol-Ann's house.