Christmas Mad Libs

 My mom gave the boys Christmas Mad Libs. We did a few. It turned out pretty funny.

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Playing with New Toys

Spent the day cleaning things up around the house. Putting new stuff away and playing with new toys. Cousin Lena got the boys a Sumo Wrestling set. They seemed to think that was pretty fun. She also gave them a laser tag set which they thought was pretty fun.

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Christmas

Christmas was a bit different this year but it was still good. The boys woke up at about 7:30. Tommy was super excited about his new watch he got from Santa just like he wanted. And Jake seemed pretty happy with his giant pillow seal and blanket he got from Santa. Thank goodness since he asked Santa to surprise him. Then we began opening all the presents. It was a big Star Wars year thanks to Granny's online shopping and someone who sold a bunch of cheap Lego Star Wars sets on Facebook. Them boys are lucky. I also got them each a Nintendo DS on Granny's online and a bunch of games. We even found a virtual reality little saber battle game on Facebook. We then a video chat with Grandma and Grandpa while they opened the presents from them. Grandma got Tommy a gigantic Chewy. After presents we made lots of snacks to have for lunch. We had a little video chat with the family and then spent most of the day just hanging out and checking out the boys new toys. Jake did pretty good at building one of his Star Wars Lego sets considering it was his first time doing one. They really loved playing Lego Star Wars on their Nintendo DS. And then we had prime rib that Dean did on the BBQ for us.

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Merry Christmas

The boys had fun recording their Christmas ornament this year. They got to do their favorite song, "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas".

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Christmas Eve

The boys were pretty excited. But we managed to get them settled down and to sleep. Then Santa got to work. Hopefully Jake is not disappointed in the morning because he asked Santa to surprise him. He is a tough kid to please. He has already cried once after he saw what Santa brought him.

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Gingerbread Houses

Eric bought the boys gingerbread house making kits. Boy was it a mess. Not sure I will encourage them doing it again. Tommy mostly just ate all his candy which was a lot. But they did have fun. The where do you put the things when you have a tiny house. I put them on the picnic table outside because Tom kept eating candy off of it every time he walked past it.

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Little Bit of Snow

The weather was pretty weird today. It rained like crazy until the yard was totally flooded. then it started hailing like crazy. And then it started snowing. It did stick a little bit. But our yard was so flooded it was just a soupy mess. So we didn't really go out in play in it. It was mostly gone in the morning.

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Looking at the Lights

We first went to town and got dinner from Island Queen and from the pizza place. Then we got popcorn from the theatre. And then we drove around looking at the lights and made our stops to deliver presents to family. There were some pretty cool displays.

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Little Bit Bigger Than a Fly

A while back Eric bought a Venus fly trap. It has been catching flies around the house. But today it snagged the leg of something a little bit bigger. It sucked it in and ate it. Pretty amazing.

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Last Day of School in 2020

The boys are very excited it is their last day of school for 2020 and that they get a break for a couple weeks. We have all been working so hard.

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Wrapping Presents

The boys did most of the wrapping of the presents for the family this year. The used a lot of tape.

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2020 Cookie Day

Cookie making day was not really the same this year. We made the cookies and the fudge. But we did it all by ourselves. We did not go to grandma's or have anyone over to join in on the fun. I did most of the cookie making to make sure I was keeping my hands clean and such. The boys got to do their own cut out cookies and frost them. But I did not let them touch the frosting until I had already done the cookies we were giving to grandma and grandpa. The boys enjoyed frosting theirs and they also liked licking the fudge pan. Not really the same kind of cookie makin year. But we did still get to share cookies with friends and family.

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Trying Out the New Kayaks

Eric found a couple of free paddles on the side of the road so we took the new kayaks out for a spin. It was a pretty high tide so we took them down to Dockton and paddled around a bit. They worked well. It was a little cold but not too bad. Excited to go again.

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What A Relief

I made it to the end of this seminar year! Every year this day is a relief. I have been doing online simulcasting of live in person legal seminars for 15 year. Doing tech support for our on site staff and for attendees is always a little stressful, but I have never had a year like this. Weekly seminars. 8 hour long days in various time zones. Holding my breath all day long, hoping the power stays on and the internet stays up not just at my location but at all the locations of all our faculty members. On days where there wasn't a live seminar happening I would have phone calls almost every half an hour to do a tech walk through with the 900 faculty members we had this year. And no offense, but not everyone is great at technology. All the while hoping people in my house don't make noise. The constant stress is tough. But I made it to the last seminar and without any major incidents. I do not have a single seminar or phone call until January. I can just do regular work for a couple weeks. What a relief!

Happy Anniversary

Every year our Anniversary fall right in the middle of our busy season at work. So I had a very busy work day. Eric was also at work. But he picked up some flowers and May's Thai food on his way home. And we had a little piece of chocolate out of the freezer. This was from the chocolate wine bottle that came with our chocolate fountain.

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Just a Little Trim

Another downside of online school. They are constantly looking at their own video image during class. Today Tommy decided his hair didn't look good, grabbed scissors and cut his bangs in the middle of class. He just cut a big chunk out of the middle. Joke's on him. I don't have time to cut his hair till this weekend. I am a little surprised it took this long for one of them to try cutting their hair. I always thought it would be a curiosity thing, not an attempt to make it look better.

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When Mom Is Not Looking

Here's the new addition of what the Bingham boys are doing while mom is not looking.

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COVID Kitty

During COVID there are two kinds of kitties. The kitties that are wondering what happened to all our their personal space. That would be Jimmy. And the ones are are loving all the extra attention. That would be Jessi. The boys have now convinced her to start sitting on their lap. I think they are all loving it.

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Eric's Birthday

Today was Eric's birthday. Since he is our family shopper I told him he could bring home whatever food for dinner that he wanted for his birthday and I would make it. He brought home some monster sized king crab. I don't think anyone was disappointed. We didn't do much else for his birthday as he had to go to town for an appointment, the boys had school and I had a busy work day. But it was a great dinner.

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