Whoa, what a weekend! Started out on Friday up all night with the 24-hour stomach flu (suppose that’s one way to shed pounds during the holidays, but damn I do not recommend it!) and slept Friday away. Dee played “super mom” and kept the kids out of the bedroom while I caught up on sleep. Fingers are crossed that nobody else comes down with this!

Saturday was our Foster Parent Holiday party and we took the kids out for that. They had fun, lots of activity going on and all so that’s the part they enjoy most. They had a total pedophile-looking scary Santa that I seriously would have been afraid of. Don’t know where they got him! Came home and had the boys sleep awhile then went to my folks for dinner with my aunt, uncle and cousin who are in from Detroit visiting. It was really great to see them, they were just meeting the boys so that was fun, too. Carlos was his typical “mama’s boy” and Dominic and my cousin (who’s 13) Alanna played non-stop!

Sunday was the boy’s and Dee’s baptism and it was a wonderful service. Both sets of godparents were there, my folks and Sharon, Alan and Alanna too! It was touching and the pastor cried, as she does during all baptisms. Makes it really nice, though, to see how much it meant to her and the congregation. A woman got up and thanked us for having the boys baptised that day, since her cousin had just passed away and it was life affirming for her to see this. That really hit home, we knew it was something important to us, but it was neat that it touched someone else so deeply.

Anyhow, off to start another Monday….Alice is coming to play and the boys will be up soon. Then it’s off to the mall to try and finish up the Christmas shopping. Arrgh! At least I get to take Alanna with me for company this year! Yeah!