Follow-up to our Sleepover

Remember how I mentioned that Macon had a friend spend the night and how he almost never gets to have kids over?? Well, it may be a long time for the next one, thanks to the Silverleaf gossip mill!! Macon woke us up the night Ryan stayed, throwing up. He threw up at least once an hour all night. Ryan woke up around 8:45 and David basically chucked him in the car and drove him home. Macon didn't eat anything but 5 small crackers yesterday. He took a loooong nap and then still went to bed around 8pm. He slept through the night and has tried to eat everything in the house today. In fact, he just called up here asking for a snack. He is still in his pj's (his choice) and we have played our new electronic Monopoly game. I am proud to say that I have not yet run out of money but Macon owns all the expensive properties so I am sure that will change.

The big kids are still gone. The girls were going to come home yesterday but with the sickness, I asked if they could stay one more night. Now, they ditched me and aren't coming until tomorrow (Today is Lee's birthday). David is running his drug/alcohol group tonight and won't be home until 9 so I asked Mom and Dad to come eat dinner. I have ham, black-eyed peas, collards and cornbread. Obviously, I was expecting a crowd, not just me and Macon!! We have been invited to a party in the neighborhood that includes kids but with the recent upchucking, I think just David is going to go. Clemson plays tonight at 7:30pm and I'll be watching it. Good thing Macon doesn't realize that it is New Year's Eve and I can go ahead and put him to bed like normal. He would be a bear the next day if he doesn't get enough sleep.

David is off tomorrow so hopefully it doesn't rain and he can get the lights off the house. I love the way it looks but come January I am ready for it to come down. We have a lot going on between Market for Mom's stores, David's test, and our trip to Maryland (is it snowing there??). The last weekend in January, our school has its annual Family Clay night. You purchase clay, make it into something (we have lots of bowls at our house), paint it, then the art department fires it and returns it to you. It's a lot of fun and because it isn't PTA sponsored, I get to relax and enjoy it. So busy, busy January but mostly fun stuff.

Oh yeah, I forgot, Camp Willow Run applications come out Jan. 26th. We will be first in line this year, I hope. The kids have loved it immensely and I enjoy going back to visit. Brings back fond memories!!