The Wild Holiday Adventures in the Buckman Household...

Two weeks away from work is amazing. The fact that I still get paid is even more amazing. It was a glorious time of rest and visiting with the family but there were a couple instances of insanity that reminded us how crazy life can get in the midst of great times. For example...my brother got some ice out of the freezer one night and left it cracked open. Thus...much of the stuff thawed and there was water all over the floor when we awoke the following morning. As Crystal was taking care of this matter...I was in the shower. As I flushed the toilet and prepared to jump into the shower...the water began to come UP rather than down and away. I was dodging toilet-water while calling for Crystal to bring some form of towel...mop...something. Keep in mind that I was about the get into the shower so my attire was...well...you could probably guess. The next couple days went pretty smoothly until we get to the night before the end of break, January 4th.

Sarala is on the couch eating some Mini-M&M's out of a small cup...we're watching some old Droopy cartoons and what do we find...Sarala with a finger up her nose. Now, normally we wouldn't think a whole lot of it but when she brought out her finger out of her nose...the end was green. She had stuck a Mini-M&M up her nose. We spent the next 3o minutes trying to get the thing out. Spraying stuff up there...sucking it out with the "nose-sucker." She doesn't want any part of "candy" after this...for now anyway. Now...we're back to normal, routine life.

You've got to love the holidays....