Out with the Old and In with the New

I realize I am a little late, but "Happy New Year's!" Wow, I cannot believe how fast 2010 just seemed to zoom by. And we survived another year of Jeremiah! As excited as I was to be able to send him back to school, my heart ached a bit because, hey, I love having him and the rest of his siblings around me.

December was an active month for Jeremiah-mischief-making. With all the Christmas decor, candy, presents, and annoying singing/dancing holiday thing-a-majigs, Jeremiah was in hog heaven as far as options of things to get into. I was beginning to sound like a broken record repeating:

*Don't touch that ornament, it'll break!
*Don't bounce that ornament on the ground, it's not a toy!
*Get off the counter and stay out of the fudge!
*Get off the counter and stay out of the cookies!
*Get off the counter and stay out of the candy canes!
*Just get off the counter!
*Do not unwrap that gift!
*Do not unwrap THAT gift!
*Do NOT unwrap that gift!
*Do not make that squirrel sing "I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For Christmas" again. Isn't 3,486 times enough already?
*Do not make that Christmas tree sing and dance for the 5,932 time today!

And there are so many more that I won't list because as I re-read over my current list I'm thinking, "Man, she's a mean mom!" Oh wait, that's me I'm talking about.

In spite of all the "fussing" that I seemed to do, we had a lovely Christmas. Jeremiah got his brand new TS3 bike and Ripster that he had been wanting. The last two and a half weeks have been spent dodging Jeremiah as he speeds through the house on his bicycle taking corners at way too high of speeds with the biggest grin I've seen on any little boy's face. He has even been gracious enought to let Lydia ride around on it some. And he has also been sharing his Ripster with Lydia as they both take on the accident prone adventure of learning how to balance and ride it. He also got a couple of Zhu Zhu pets which we have dilligently reminded him to keep away from his sisters' hair as well as his own. So far we have not had to make a visit to Jessica to give anyone a new "do", praise the Lord!

Now the new year has begun, and we are leaving the old year behind along with all the "incidences" that came with it. Jeremiah has started off the year in typical Jeremiah fashion. He snuck out of the house and locked himself out...TWICE with one time being in the rain. He climbed his dresser to inspect the contents of the shelf on the wall. He accidentally peed on Grampa while they were napping together...that one made me giggle. And on his first day back to school, he recieved his first not so good report from school because he didn't listen to his teachers and apparently had a bad case of ants in the pants during naptime because he couldn't seem to keep himself on his mat.

What can I say? I love that boy. Life would be so boring without him in the mix. New year, new adventures in surviving Jeremiah. Bring it!