The Eleven Days of Christmas Vacation.

Whoa, Santa, the kids are off school for ELEVEN days! What are we gonna do? I’ve been reading some of the suggestions of what to do over the Winter holidays. I’m wonderin’ if freakin’ Super-Mom made these suggestions, you know the ones with the six kids in tow and the glazed look in her eyes?

First, have your kids help you bake, yikes.  I keep them OUT of the kitchen as much as possible, first they would rather eat what has been baked, and secondly, neither one of them has taken up an interest in kitchen slavery, um baking. NO thanks, I’d rather whip it up and serve it up then have dear daughter and little dude fighting it out in my kitchen.

Here’s a classic game called, “Happy Families.” We will be playing this game the first couple of days of vacation before all hell breaks loose. Mom, I’m bored.  But I already played with ALL of my Christmas presents. There’s NOTHING to do!

I see Day 6 coming around the corner and already I feel like it’s been forever. I’m beginning to chant to myself, Keep Calm and Have a Cocktail over and over. Go play in the snow, oh wait, it’s the Midwest, we get frequent ice storms. OK, entertain the dogs, no, that’s boring. OK, watch TV, but there’s nothing on! OK, then clean your rooms, aww come on Mom, you know that ain’t gonna happen. Hey, let’s do some crafts, MOM, did you forget we’re ten, we don’t DO crafts with Mommy anymore. OK that’s it, Dad can entertain you when he gets home.