The McClelland Family

Yes, I still have a blog.

But I got a Kindle for Christmas and I’ve read 8 books since then.  I thought I was already addicted to reading, but now that I can purchase pretty much any book at the drop of a hat and have it downloaded in about 10 seconds flat?  Now I’m addicted.  It’s really not a bad addiction to have…

Case in point: other than a few episodes of Curious George with Mary and Lila and the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy this week, I haven’t really watched TV since Christmas.  But, I haven’t blogged either.  You win some, you lose some.

I have plenty of pictures and stories to share, and I plan to get to that all eventually, but for now I’ll leave you with a brief run-down of the last month before I go finish my current book:

-Kevin’s parents came the weekend before Christmas and we did lots of fun things with the girls (sledding, gingerbread houses, Christmas movie).  This was definitely the most fun Christmas we’ve had with them yet because they really understood everything this year.

-Mary and Lila love the idea of Santa but are terrified of him in person.

-Mary and Lila have rechristened themselves Rapunzel and Belle.  They also sometimes go by Ariel and Sleeping Beauty.  In other words, Christmas 2011 was sponsored by Disney.

-My parents bought my brother Andrew a new pug for Christmas.  He named him Clyde and that dog is so freakin’ cute!  Lila got particularly attached to Clyde when we stayed at my parents house for Christmas, and about once a day she’ll randomly say, “I miss that cute little doggie named Clyde.”

-I went wild with my hair again and got bangs on New Years Eve!  I love them.  Mary and Lila were a little less thrilled, but one of my students wrote me a note on the first day back from break that said I was the prettiest teacher she had ever had.  So, I say bangs are a win!  And experimenting is a win.  After having had the same hair for years, in the past year I’ve gone straight, then red, and now bangs and I love the change.

-Mary and Lila have been to the doctor a collective 5 times in the past month.  Sinus infection.  What we thought was another sinus infection.  Pneumonia.  Ear infection.  Allergic reaction to penicillin on Christmas Day (that was a fun one!).  Other than Lila’s lingering cough, they are healthy again just in time to go back to preschool and catch the plague.

-I have lots of fun plans for 2012.  I’m not calling them resolutions because that word sounds more like work than fun!  Off the top of my head, here are three of them:  go on a hot air balloon ride (never have!), run a sub-7 minute mile (current average pace 8:30), and buy a pair of red shoes (no explanation needed).

-My children are the cutest, funniest, silliest, most precious things to ever walk this earth.  My husband loves me unconditionally.  I am damn lucky to be living this life!  

Happy New Year!