Two Weeks Until Christmas!

My poor little neglected blog was calling my name today, just begging me to say something interesting. Not sure if this will be interesting, but here goes...

I spent the whole morning and a bit of the afternoon volunteering at the kids' school. Now I've got about an hour until I have to go pick everyone up from school - I can't believe how fast those 6 hours go. My volunteering today consisted mostly of doing rather complex (in my opinion) photocopying jobs. I don't know how teachers find the time to do this kind of stuff, in addition to managing their classrooms! Teachers amaze me, and I'm so happy that all 3 kids have such great teachers. I'm pretty thankful that I can be involved at the kids' school, and especially that we live so close, so going back and forth a few times every day is not a big deal.

Winter has finally arrived here in southern Ontario. We had a very warm November and first few days of December, so I guess this was inevitable. I realize this is nothing compared to the Alberta weather right now, but man is it miserable today! It's only about -5, but with the wind whipping fiercely around, it feels much colder. We're spending a lot more time just getting out the door each morning. I'm trying to manage all the extra pairs of mitts, boots, snow pants, hats, scarves, and coats that first need to go on everyone, then come off again after school. Add 3 tired kids and their backpacks, put in a small space while they all try to get their gear off simultaneously, and it makes for some pretty crazy moments! These are some of my least favorite moments about winter. Summer is so simple in the "gear" department! I think we're all really looking forward to the Christmas break and not having a schedule for a couple weeks.

On January 31, Stefan and I are headed to St. Lucia!! He found a smokin' deal online late Saturday night, with packages discounted between 50 and 65%. We hadn't been planning to book a vacation, but this was too good to pass up. We had less than 2 days to book, and somehow we managed to find friends to look after the kids in record time. Talk about great friends! We will be staying for 4 nights at the Sandals in St. Lucia, and I can hardly wait. We were in St. Lucia almost 5 years ago, when I was pregnant with Logan, and Stefan spent about half our trip being horribly sick. He even spent a night at the hospital, while I slept alone at the resort. It was not a good time. We're looking forward to having a much better time this time around, and praying no one gets sick! Not a good way to spend a holiday that you've spent so much money on and been looking forward to for so long.

We've got a busy weekend ahead, with me working tonight and tomorrow, and hopefully getting our Christmas tree on Sunday. I think I'll go crank the Christmas tunes now and spend a few minutes relaxing before the busyness starts up again. Hope you have a warm weekend!