On Sunday Abe had to leave for meetings in Michigan. It was a bit of a fiasco because when he got to the airport, he realized American Express had cancelled his flight. His boss had been out of town when Abe booked the tickets and didn’t approve the transaction, so American Express cancelled the ticket–but somehow still put the travel plans on Abe’s google calendar. Abe ended up having to rebook a flight on the spot. His new flight plans meant he had to travel all night long and arrive in Michigan right before his meeting. We feel so bad for him!
Meanwhile, I had a lovely Sunday at home. Both Ammon and Clarissa napped a long time, so after they woke up I took the kids on a long walk. Upon waking, Ammon decided that he was about to see Santa Claus and spent the rest of the evening yelling at the sky for Santa to come back.
Mary blew his mind by changing into her Santa suit.
The walk had some crazy moments. At one point, Mary felt left out by Lydia and Eli, who came with us. She threw herself onto the front lawn of the Reynolds’ house and refused to budge. Instead of moving, she screamed into their grass. In the meantime, Ammon was trying to run in the street and Clarissa was whining because the stroller had stopped moving. Eventually, we bribed Mary into getting up and going home with Nana for ice cream. It was hardly an appropriate consequence for a tantrum, but there are moments we just gotta do what we gotta do.
After our walk, we came home and played Junior Monopoly for FHE with Nana. Then we all went outside again and played until after 9pm. I put the kids to bed in high hopes they would sleep in on Monday–but no such luck! Maybe their long naps made up for the late bedtime.