Mission Complete

Its done!  I got our Christmas tree up yesterday while Mason took his morning nap.  He took a great nap so that was helpful.  When he woke up I brought him out of his room and stood in front of the tree.  He looked very confused but so far he hasn't been interested in pulling on ornaments.  Ayden however can't leave them alone. See, the problem is that we have LOTS of toy ornaments. We have Tonka tractor ornaments, Thomas the Train, Bob the Builder...etc. Ayden wants to play with them like they are toys. This morning Christian yelled for me saying "MOM, Ayden has an ornament in his bed!" I will have to stay on top of that.

Dominic got to his destination fine however the airlines left 14 of their bags in Dallas. He texted later saying they got them all back. They must have sent them on a different flight. We didn't talk yesterday, only texted. He sent me a picture of the back of his cabbies head. He said this guy had the worst hair piece he'd ever seen. So they secretly took a picture and sent it to me. I was driving Christian to get his allergy shot when I got the picture. I laughed so hard. It was hilarious. I've seen some pretty bad rugs but this one takes the cake...hehehehe

While Ayden, Mason and I were waiting for Christian to get out of school Ayden asked me where daddy was. I knew this question was coming since he has no idea what is really going on. I told him that daddy flew on an airplane again. He said "aw man!" I think Dominic's absence is going to be the most difficult for little Ayden.

We went to Cub Scouts last night. Instead of the regular meeting we met at the local museum for a model train exhibit. There is a man who is an Eagle Scout that lives locally. He got his first model train for Christmas in 1941 and has collected ever since. Every few years he packs up his basement of trains and sets them up at the museum for the community to see. He did a special presentation just for Christian's pack last night. It was amazing! The boys LOVED it and so did I. He had 20 trains going on all different tracks. There was a circus, a zoo, an Army base, a McDonalds, Albertsons...etc. It was HUGE and so intricate. The whole thing was amazing!

I spoke to a really good friend of mine last night. Its always so great to talk to her. She is currently in the same situation as us with her husband gone. He will be coming home two months early which is great news. However, with the military, its one of those things...you believe it when you see it. So hopefully he will be home in the first week of January.

Well I better get ready for our stroller class. It is kind of windy today though so I'm not sure if it will be canceled or not. We'll see.