51 shopping days until Christmas. 51, can you believe it?! I am starting to freak out about it!!! I need to get gifts for a butt ton of kids, including my own. Then there's the adults that we need to get gifts for. I just can't figure out how I am supposed to do that. Money is so friggin' tight, yet I want to make the holidays fun for us.
That's why I am working on making as many gifts as I possibly can. Right now I'm working on a "hooded infinity scarf" for my cousin Liliana, and I think that I'm going to make another one for my other younger cousin Arionna. For the boys; Alex, David, and Damien, I'd like to make a couple of fleece blankets. While going through a bunch of my grandmother's fabric in one of her closets I found a bunch of fleece in solid colors and I'm going to find some basic designs on sale to add some spunk to the blankets. Aside from them, that leaves Kaleyla, Jordynne, and William on my side that we need to take care of.
On Colin's side there his two nieces; Sierra and Savanna, and all of his cousins; Tyler, Austyne, Zander, Payton, Cameron, and Hunter. 6 kids I'm really not interested in getting/making/giving/buying gifts for. I really can not stand them, I really feel like they are just a bunch of inconsiderate disrespectful brats who don't care about anything or anyone that comes in their path. But I will figure something out for them. If the infinity scarves work out for Lili and Arionna, I'll make a couple of those, maybe for Sierra, Savanah, and Austyne. Possibly a b\unch of fleece planket for the boys, and maybe I'll personalize the blankets. That way the boys can't steal them and claim them as their own.
What I do know is that my kiddos will have an awesome holiday season. I really want to enjoy it this year. It always gets down to holiday time, and I am the grinch. I don't want to celebrate or do anything. I want it to be different this year.
I'm also not going to celebrate the boy's birthdays this year, either. I've decided that I'm going to wait until the summer and have one hell of a party for the both of them. On their real birthdays we will do something small with my parents and sister, some cake, ice cream, and presents. But I want to wait until the summer when all the kids can be running around outside, bbq food, I can have more money to plan it, and more time.
The month of December has become a very busy month for us. December 3, Danielle's birthday. December 5, My birthday, David's birthday. December 22, John's birthday, Arionna's birthday. December 24, Christmas eve at Aunt Carol's. December 25, Christmas day at my place, and DeVera family get together. Sometime around December 8 Sarah is having baby #3.
How on earth am I supposed to plan a birthday party when Danielle has the first weekend for David, the third weekend for Arionna, the fourth weekend for Christmas, that just leaves the second weekend for me. I am so tired of not having any time during my holiday time to play with my family. I am going to take that time to be with them. I will wait until we have time and we have money to make a party that everyone will love and remember.
As for my feelings for the holiday season as of right this minute...... BAH FREAKIN' HUMBUG!!!
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