The Jones Girls

Thank goodness Cliff has the project completed and he can relax at home.  He is doing a little work from the house today.    We are going to order in for Lascari’s – YUM!   I am so happy to say goodbye to 2009!!  It has been a financially challenging year for us and for so many other people too.  I hope 2010 bring more good things for all of us.

I laid down with the girls and fell asleep with them tonight.   I woke up at 11:55pm and Cliff and I rang in the New Year together.

I was up all night with both ends going.   Miranda has been sick right along with me.    How in the world am I going to get through the day like this watching the girls while Cliff is working.  It is Sunday for crying out loud….I want my husband home!!!

Dad and Fran left early today at about 10:30am.  I have been just laying here on the couch puking and feeling gross.  I am too dizzy and weak to get up.  I said my goodbyes to them from our couch.

Cliff was kind enough to pick up some milk, juice, popsicles and chicken soup for me tonight.  He got home at 9:30pm.  He didn’t even get to see Dad & Fran today.

Savannah’s 2nd top front  tooth has been loose for a while.   Tonight she came to me and said it HAD to come out NOW.  So she loosened it and then I did the final pull.   She couldn’t believe it was out. That makes 5 teeth she has lost.

Something kinda funny… Our next door neighbor called me a couple of days ago and he said both of his top front teeth broke off and he has no front teeth.  He has an appointment at the dentist on January 4th to get some caps.   

I am going to take a picture of the both of them with their missing front teeth!   LOL!

Cliff has been working very hard and many hours…17-20 hours a day and there was a day he worked 24 hours trying to complete a project at work that is critical.  We all miss him.  It has been very challenging these past couple of weeks trying to get ready for the Holidays with Cliff being gone working so much.   

He didn’t get to see Dad or Fran today.   He won’t be getting home till 3:30am.   I feel so sorry for him.

We all saw Avatar today.  That is a LONG movie.  I am not really into Science Fiction and I couldn’t really get into the movie. I will have to sit down another time and watch it without the chaos of the kids.

Fran and I saw the movie Precious.  Wow!!  From the get go that movie pushes the envelope. Lots of disturbing scenes.  It breaks my heart to know that this is based on a true story.  Very graphic movie!!

I am feeling sick tonight and so is Miranda.  I think we caught what the other girls had – ugh!!

Last night I dressed the girls in matching Christmas pajamas that I had purchased from JCPenney’s in November during their Door Buster Sale.   They all looked so cute.

Unfortunately, Amanda and Savannah got sick in the middle of the night.  They had a stomach bug.  So I had to change their cute Christmas pajamas.  Maryssa was sick a couple of nights ago and was throwing up through the night.  They must have caught it from her.   Anyway, the girls are fine now so all is good!1

Last night Cliff put together the triplets Mermaid Tricycles.  They have a cute bubble and music machine.    The girls went crazy for them this morning.  These were supposed to be the triplets birthday present back in August, but Cliff was in Arkansas working for 6 weeks and was not here during their Birthday party to put them together, so I just hung onto them for Christmas.

The triplets got digital cameras by Discovery Kids.  I had scored big time on these cameras at Bed Bath & Beyond.   The cameras were on sale for $30 and I had coupons and saved $30 so I spent $60 for all 3 cameras…woo hoo!!  I also got Savannah a real video camera and got it cheap for $25.

Savannah got a neat VTech Pocket handheld video game package.     It is a little advanced for her but she will grow into it.

All of girls got Leap Frog Learn To Read Books.  

They had a great Christmas.

Dad and Fran came this afternoon.   We went for a nice walk.   They enjoyed interacting with the girls.    I made  a nice lunch – homemade tomato & rice soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

We had a nice dinner together.  I baked chicken.     We watched the movie Julie and Julia tonight.

Today we just enjoyed hanging out at home.    We ordered in for Lascari’s which is a real treat for us.   It was a nice cozy day for us.

Lately the girls have been showing a lot of interest and enjoy playaing network computer games on Toontown on Disney.com    They play on one computer so it has been very challenging giving each girl a turn.

Cliff and I suprised the girls today.    Cliff had a side job and for payment he received 4 used laptops for the girls.    We bought 2 long narrow tables and Cliff shortened the legs to make it perfect for their height and we got them cute little chairs with monkeys on them.   We surprised the girls and presented them with their own laptops and computer station. 

The girls are computerized and they play very well together.  Savannah helps them if they get stuck.   We are going to get Amanda a new wheel mouse so she can use her right lucky thumb to use the mouse with a rolling wheel.    There is no doubt that our computerized children are Cliff’s little girls!! LOL!!

Today we went to Cliff’s Christmas party at Numatic Engineering in Sun Valley.  It is about a 1-1/2 drive from our house.

The girls wore the Christmas dresses that they wore for the ballet recital.   Cliff had requested that they wear these dresses today.  They all looked so pretty and Cliff was so proud of his beautiful family.

I baked 45 banana nut breads for all of the employees at Numatic Engineering. This is my annual tradition that I have been doing for them for 12 years now.   Wow that is a long time!!  They all look forward to it every year, especially the owner, Steve Leach.

They had a fun raffle and both Cliff and I won prizes.  We won a $25 Gift certificate to Home Depot which we used to buy new vertical blinds for our den and we also won a gift certificate for Best Buy which we will use to buy Amanda’s computer mouse which has a ball on it to help give her therapy for her thumb.    Cliff received a gift certificate to Fry’s Electronics – that is Cliff’s favorite store and he can spend hours in there and thousands of dollars if I let him…LOL!!

They had a nice luncheon of croissant sandwiches with chips and salsa and cake for dessert.   It was very nice and cozy.