And The New Year Begins...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS, FAMILY AND UNKNOWN READERS!!!!!

I truly hope the first 5 days of 2012 have been happy and filled with new and exciting adventures.

To catch you up we had a beautiful, quiet New Year's Eve.  We had my parents drop by for a bit and then friends of ours came over and spent the evening with us.  The boys got to stay up a little bit later, but for those of you with FASD and NAS children you know the importance of routine.  So they stayed up just a wee bit longer to welcome 2012 with us at 8:30PM.  Then it was just us 4 adults.  We nibbled on fondue, and other yummy appy's and played Trivial Pursuit until about 11:30 when our friends had to leave.  The hubby of the couple had to be at work the next morning by 6:00 AM so this was a very late night for him.  But oh so much fun.  Filled with love and laughter.  My hubby and I stayed up until 1:30 AM watching the next movie in our Harry Potter marathon, and comforting our 3 year old because our neighbours decided that fireworks in the back yard were in order.  Our 3 year old has auditory sensitivities.  So he got to watch a lot of Harry Potter too.

New Year's Day we spent relaxing and watching the HP movies with the boys then headed off to my sister's for dinner.  My sister has started making a traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner on New Year's day.  Lamb ribs, boiled potatoes, gravy, and whipped turnip.  There's nothing better in this world!  Except maybe other lamb dishes she makes too. For those in the family who don't like lamb (my hubby) there was a beautiful maple glazed, spiral cut ham.  It was delicious too.  Thank you to my sister for making the beginning of the New Year something special to remember.

Then a couple of days later school went back in! Hurrah!  Happy sad occasion for me and the little one.  We had a very tough day that day.  Routine turning back to normal wasn't exactly his idea of a good time.  He spent most of the day destroying anything he could get his hands on!  All the while screaming at the top of his lungs for his brother to come home!  At the end of that first day of school my husband had to board up our kitchen/dining room pass through.  Our 3 year old had climbed up on the counter (while I was indisposed) and gotten into everything and broke a few things.  Thankfully nothing that could seriously injure him.  It's amazing how much a 3 year old can do in the space of 1minute and 45 seconds!!!  After I calmed down and had my mum come out to help me assess the damage the rest of the day went alright.  But like I said there is no longer a pass through.

So today we seem to have settled in to our regular routine and we're watching Caillou at the moment.  Soon Nana and Papa will be here and a good friend of mine and coffee will take place while the little one entertains us all.

I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Have a great day and God Bless You!