Happy Chaos

My daddy comes tomorrow! YAY! The last time he came for a visit was in April and it was only a brief stay. This time he and Michelle are staying for a week! This will be the first time Michelle will get to see Declan since he was only a couple of weeks old. Both Declan and Maya have grown up so much since then so I'm sure they will see a big difference in them. I love having visitors stay with us...especially when there is SHOPPING involved! This coming Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year down here in the states. It's called BLACK FRIDAY - similar to Canada's Boxing Day sales but even better! I love shopping at the outlet stores on Black Friday because you can get up to 75% off a lot of stuff that is already priced really low. With that said, I don't have much Christmas shopping left to do, but I'm sure Dad and Michelle will have a field day while they are here; even though the Canadian dollar is not worth as much as it was a few months ago!

Can you believe the gas prices have gone down to $1.93/Gallon??!

I had a rough day yesterday - searching for gifts on Amazon while trying to keep the kids out of trouble only to have Maya pee twice on her bed because I wasn't giving her enough attention. I was doing laundry in the midst of this and Declan was whining a lot. I was also working on some home-made gifts that need to get done before my daddy arrives tomorrow. So, Jeremy called on his way home from work and I proceeded to tell him about my day...."What a day I've had!"....etc.

After I got off the phone, Maya came over and sat beside me on the couch and in a very sympathetic manner she said "What a day mommy!"

Those funny little words coming from my 2 year old somehow managed to extinguish all of the stress from my chaotic day.