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A Most Excellent Day

Hubs got it this year. No boxes of assorted chocolates, which I've never liked that much. A sweet, thoughtful card. A new hand mixer (!) to replace the one that died a couple of months ago. And a label maker. I think the label maker is my favorite. Have I mentioned my love of office supplies? Now I can label my stuff. And the kids' stuff. I'm excited! He did very well this year.

I hope he liked his presents. I made him an appointment for a massage, which he said he really enjoyed, and I got a rolling laundry hamper for our room. And a couple of movies on DVD that he will hopefully enjoy.

Today has been a very low-key day. My sweet Big Girl is still sick, coughing and dripping and miserable, and she has a bad raw area around her nose from a bit of rough treatment with the tissues. I got her the soft ones, but she's a little too fervent in her nose-wiping sometimes. I'm trying to teach her to pay and blow, not wipe so hard, but her little nose is pitiful and raw.

Two may be getting it too. He has coughed a few times - no nose issues yet, knock on wood. The way the two of them play together and love on each other (when not wrestling), they tend to share all of their germs freely. Fortunately they're out of school next week, so there's plenty of time for them to rest and recover.

I made monte cristo sandwiches for dinner, at Hubs' request. They were good. I even used Wonder Bread for him - he purchased a loaf for that purpose, although I would never buy the stuff. I like good, hearty wheat breads. But the results were good, despite the questionable "bread" he required. We also ate well earlier with Hubs' special French toast, so that this day was a steady progression of unhealthy and tasty foods. The kids ate too many tractor snacks and were briefly wild and energized. They're addicted to them, and are also really stocked about the new Wonder Pets snacks, too (have I mentioned that Two can sing the entire Wonder Pets theme song? in addition to childhood classics like Twinkle, Twinkle).

Two

This shirt would be perfect for him - too bad he would need a larger size. ;)

A boy obsessed

Two received the All About John Deere For Kids DVD 1 from his uncle as a birthday gift and now insists on watching his "tracktas" regularly. Fortunately it's not an annoying film, and he gets excited and talks about the tractors while watching it, instead of sitting like a zombie and staring blankly at the television. I'm thinking we'll have to break down and get him some of the other volumes in the series. I don't like the idea of him watching television that much, but it's so incredibly nice to have him slow down for a while to watch it, so I can have a break. Plus he loves to watch it and talk about farming with his grandfather, and seeing the two of them conversing is adorable.

You might be a redneck if...

you're seriously considering a John Deere-inspired decorating plan for your son's bedroom. After all, he loves tractors, and I found a cute bedspread with John Deere tractors on it. And some cute farming artwork for the walls. It won't be that bad, honestly! Yeah, I'll keep telling myself that.

Question to self: Is this my fault for moving here?