And… The night before he splits open a toenail on the ice and proceeds to bleed on every flat surface in the house that he is able to scramble to before we catch him to see what’s wrong. Daughter’s shag rug, wife’s bed, hallway, kitchen floor, and front foyer, plus back door mat. I for a second thought he’d gotten a bunny and had brought some of the remains inside with him, but once we got him to sit down and settle, 8 could see he had a front paw raised, and that’s when we saw the blood from his smashed toenail. Yikes. Poor pup. We put a fitted sock on it to stop him from licking it all night. But he’s still distressed by it. Silly boy that he is.
Happy second birthday Graham Cracker! Not the way we’d have wanted to spend it, but it could have been a whole lot worse, I suppose. He got a fancy new big dog food dish for his birthday. I’m certain the girls will make him a birthday card. He got three strips of bacon for breakfast to celebrate the day. You’re a mess, but we love you Grimbo!
In other news it is Monday once again. I spent much of last evening cleaning up, after my daughter unwrapped all of her birthday gifts from the party. A party that went off without a hitch I might add. No fights. No wounds. Everybody left with those that they were supposed to. A grand time was had by all involved. Lots of food and beverages for the kiddies. It was very pleasant. The glow in the dark mini putt was pure chaos, but from all the laughter I know they all enjoyed themselves. A few holes in one from multiple kids on different courses too. Nice!
Now we turn our full attention to Christmas. I spent more than three hours wrapping gifts, and stocking stuffers for the whole family, myself included. I paused a few times to stretch out my back, and to actively watch my favourite parts of Elf, so it wasn’t a constant nose to the grind stone three hours, but enough that my neck, and upper back ached a good deal yesterday because of it.
It’s the holiday season so of course my kids have gotten into the scotch tape to use it all on Halloween, and Thanksgiving decorations, and to build crafts and so much more over the last two months. Instead of relying on them to not waste it all, leaving me with none for Christmas gift wrapping, I keep a secret stash of my own supplies hidden away, deep in the bowels of the house. This year I used up only one whole tape dispenser, and part of a second. We have scaled back. I still bought the essentials from Santa to us all for the stockings. Everybody needs a tooth brush, tooth paste, soaps and shampoos etc… but we focused one one bigger gift for each child, and few additional items. No mounds of filler toys that get forgotten about the moment they open yet another present from under the tree. Those days are done! Economy isn’t what it used to be. Can’t be wasting cash on filler anymore. Quality over quantity.
Happy 14th birthday in dog years to our new sullen teen Graham Cracker! He’s officially a two-nager!
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