Recap -- What just happened? Has November began yet? Ended? Oh ya that's right it's December and the holidays are upon us and the only way I know that is because I've made a very insane decision to stop sugar....that's right, no cookies, no homemade or store bought candy, no chocolate, no suga!! What the hell am I thinking especially when as a SAHM- that is stay at home mom, of course- other SAHMs like to have these little soirees called "cookie exchanges" - which is really just a good excuse to eat sugar and have sugar leftovers for all to enjoy or in the case of myself-to whittle away on the cookies until the last crumb becomes stale and I force myself to throw the crumbs out and vow not to eat sugar for the rest of the holiday season only to pick up the bad habit at the next little SAHM soiree. Oh yes, I'll mention that the boys do me no favors by being such picky eaters as it would save me calories if they would eat a cookie, brownie, or candy here and there. I don't know if I'm lucky or quite misfortunate in that area of picky toddler eaters; yes they don't eat that much sugar but they have enough crackers to go with a large vat of cheese.
Anyway, yes back to November - it was great!! Complete with a trip to New York and then to Idaho! All the boys (oh yes all except Bear) were in a fabulous New York wedding. Upon our arrival to the wedding, Jamie (who had been at the synagogue already for nearly an hour for those ever important wedding party pictures) asked if I would walk the boys - the ring bearers-down the aisle. It was a given that they were definitely not doing it on their own. Okay, I am one for pleasing others and saying yes way before no, however, walking down the aisle of a 200 guest wedding after spending literally 5 minutes getting ready was definitely something I was not willing to do! They were so cute walking down the aisle, all three of them in their tuxedos. On the way down Zeb would not let go of an obnoxiously red bag that his dear aunt gave him and therefore it went down the aisle too and became the source of much frustration as Zane quickly decided after 1 minute into the wedding that he wanted his bag and then 3 minutes into the wedding he decided he was parched and let the entire wedding know about it. "I want some water" was heard over and over again until his mom (who hates all eyes on her) quickly took him from the front of the sanctuary out the door in the back of the sanctuary, where we stayed in the foyer the rest of the ceremony. The wedding was beautiful and I was bummed to have missed most it.
I will say the boys partied us all under the table literally and figuratively speaking- all 7 kids attending the wedding found their party underneath one of the tables complete with strobe light and glow sticks!
They finally went to bed at 3 am. Hello 10:30 am brunch, the brunch was fabulous but ouch!! What made having to get dressed up in that polyester tuxedo worth it for Zane was the fact that he did get to stick his finger in the wedding cake several times and lick the frosting, it was priceless.
Idaho for Thanksgiving was fantastic, and despite what Jamie may say my sister, Misti and I cooked a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner. After returning to Tacoma, I was very happy to be home as we were all in need of a much needed travel break. Speaking of that I am going to have a large glass of wine.
Does wine classify under the sugar category? We won't go there.
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