The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Ian and Amanda stopped through here for the night on their way to Louisiana for Christmas.  It was so great to see them!  We spent the evening eating great food and chatting.  It was a nice, relaxing evening with family.  Just the way we like it!

John woke up this morning and the first thing he said to me was, “Mommy, it’s Holiday Party day!  Then, he said, “My ear hurts.”  I checked for a fever, but he did not have one.  I did notice that his voice sounded different.  I contemplated keeping him home from school, but I didn’t want him to miss his holiday party.  Since, he wasn’t running a fever, I gave him some ibuprofen for the ear pain and sent him to school.  Just in case, I went ahead and made an appointment at the doctor for after school.  It turns out that was a good decision because he actually has tonsillitis and a secondary ear infection.  He has amoxicillin now and, hopefully, he will be feeling better tomorrow.

What happens when you lose the kids’ LeapPads during your Thanksgiving trip to Chicago?!?  You replace them with LeapPad 2 Powers!  These cost about half of what the originals cost us and these have more features.  After some looking on Best Buy, Amazon, and eBay, we successfully replaced everything they had.  If the originals happen to show up at some point, it’s hello Craig’s List!

We have a limited time frame to get all the presents wrapped!  Tonight’s goal is to finish all the presents from Andy and I to the kids.  Nothing like waiting until the last minute!  (And, yes, I realize it’s not *literally* the last minute, but this counts as the last minute for me!)

It was Pizza Hut for dinner to use the kids’ November Book It! certificates.  I am so proud of the kids for working so hard to earn a Book It! every month.  Great job Laura and John!

I think this is one of my favorite hiding spots for Chippy!  Sometimes that husband of mine has really good ideas.

Laura took part in the St. Andrew’s Lutheran Children’s Christmas Pageant today at the 8:30 service.  It is the first time that she has wanted to be a part of it.  At first, she wanted to be Mary, but then changed her mind and decided to be an angel.  She worked hard to learn the music and did a great job with both the singing and her part.  Maybe next year, she can convince John to participate!