WITL... day 4 Christmas in July

TODAY WAS A GREAT GREAT DAY!! I SURPRISED THE KIDS WITH A CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY FOR US. THEY LOVED IT AND SO DID I AND WE PLAN ON MAKING THIS A TRADITION NOW. I HAD BEEN THINKING OF THIS IDEA FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND WASN'T SURE THOUGH. WHEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING THOUGH I KNEW IT WAS WHAT WE NEEDED TO BREAK UP THE SUMMER BOREDOM AND SUMMER ACTIVITES. I JUST KINDA GRABBED WHAT I COULD FROM THE ATTIC ON MY OWN AND DECORATED AND RAN OUT AND BOUGHT A FEW GIFTS TO OPEN AND IN THEIR STOCKINGS, ONLY FROM THE DOLLAR TREE, THEY WERE THRILLED WITH EVERYTHING. WE DECORATED COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS AND HAD HOT COCOA AND WATCHED FROSTY THE SNOWMAN AND PLAYED CHRISTMAS MUSIC. IT MADE A GOOD DAY FOR ALL OF US. AFTER THAT THE AFTERNOON JUST FLOWED ALONG AND WE ALL DID OUR OWN THINGS.
I GOT TO DO SOME THINKING AND REALIZED I HAVEN'T BEEN SCRAPPING, SKETCHING, PAINTING MUCH NOW THAT THE KIDS ARE HOME AND I'M EXHAUSTED BY BEDTIME. THIS HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT TILL TODAY AND SO I DID SOME SKETCHING AND PAINTING AND CREATING, IT MADE ME FEEL SO HAPPIER INSIDE. SO I NEED TO MAKE THIS TIME FOR MYSELF AND ALSO KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT GOING TO THE TRACK ON A DAILY BASIS LIKE I SHOULD. SO GOING TO MAKE A POINT TO DO THIS TOO AND I BET MY NERVES WON'T GET SO RATTLED, LOL..SO IF YOU NEED SOMETHING NEW TO DO OR FUN THROW A LITTLE WINTER PARTY. YOUR KIDS WILL LOVE IT AND THANK YOU. I GOT A HUG AND A YOUR THE BEST MOM FROM ALL THREE OF THEM. ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY!!