December update

Current weather: 60F, Rainy and windy

I cannot believe the weather today. That's not a typo above. It really is 60 degrees out, and it's not even 9 A.M. This is very strange. Especially considering I'm in Newfoundland and it's December 2nd. Where is the snow? It's just a shame it had to be rainy and windy today, too, or we'd be spending the day outside.

We finally broke out the Christmas tree last night. We opted to put it in the foyer again this year. We were seriously toying with the idea of actually putting it in the living room, but now that Brandon's mobile it would just be too much work to keep him away from the tree if he had to look at it all day. It's bad enough that he's trying to stand up against the furniture and attempting to climb the stairs! I'm going to enter my official walking prediction here and now: Brandon will be walking by late January. That would make him 9 1/2 months old--about the same age Kyle started walking.

The kids and I are going to decorate the tree this afternoon, and we'll pull out more of the decorations, too. I'll take some pictures and post them once we're all done. We're all in the Christmas mood already, but we just haven't had a chance to get to the decorations before now. This past weekend I did some Christmas party dress shopping, Shaun took Kyle to a work-sponsored showing of the movie Bolt, and we had brunch in town and watched the St. John's Christmas parade. Over the next three weeks we have 5 more Christmas parties, Kyle's birthday party, a business trip for Shaun, and all of our usual activities. The rest of this year is going to fly right by us!