All About Tonsils. Again. Seriously.

So my last post about Will being recovered from the tonsillectomy was a little premature. That was Tuesday? He only lasted part of the day at school on Wednesday, went back to the doctor on Thursday and stayed home Friday afternoon. After another round of antibiotics and some adjustment of the pain medicine, he FINALLY started feeling better on Saturday and by Sunday, he was running around like normal. Now we get to go through the process of weaning him off of all of the fun things that happen when you don't feel well (sleep in mom and dad's bed, eat marshmallows for breakfast, watch movies whenever you want... etc.). I'm still glad that we had the surgery, I do think it will benefit his health but MAN have the last few weeks been rough.

Now that the fog has lifted, we can focus on all of the other craziness going on right now. Are you familiar with the books If You Give a Pig a Pancake? The plot is not overly complicated but essentially, if you give a pig a pancake, he's going to want some maple syrup to go on it and then that's going to remind him of something else and that's going to make him want to do something else, etc. etc. etc. Well, that's a little of what life is like with Reina. If Reina sees you putting on your makeup, she's going to want to help you. When she walks into the bathroom to help you with your makeup, she'll see the potty and that reminds her that she wants to go. So you'll have to stop putting your makeup on and help her with the potty. After she goes potty, she's going to want to wash her hands and then that will remind her that she wants to do something else and then the next thing you know, you are 15 minutes late to work and Reina's in the hall closet putting on your boots. We decorated the Christmas tree on Friday and the holidays are now officially in full swing at the Pauley house. Will asks every morning if it's Christmas yet and my attempt at helping him understand the season with an Advent Calendar have only been marginally successful. They were both pretty excited to help decorate the tree. Reina was very organized and put all of her decorations on one branch. Will was distracted by a new toy from McDonald's (that he received at a birthday party earlier in the day) and ended up using the Christmas Tree as a prop/background in a long and bloody battle between Transformers. Testosterone. On Saturday, we headed down to Brighton to visit the grandparents and my Uncle Paul. I didn't get any pictures but everyone had a good time. The kids were a little shy at first but by the end of the day, Uncle Paul was throwing Will around and making Reina giggle. Both kids fell asleep before we even got back on the interstate which makes for a nice drive for the parents.

On Sunday, Will helped me make a few batches of Glenn's grandmother's German Christmas cookies. Will really likes to help me cook right now, although when it comes to the cookies, he's probably more interested in the batter than in the final product. We ended the weekend with a few rounds of "Jingle Bells" and a Santa hat parade.

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season too!