Popcorn and Hot Chocolate

Friday, Gavin was complaining that his chest hurt. He had a few other symptoms and I was debating getting him in to see Dr. V.  Gavin looked at me as serious as can be and said, “Mama, if I don’t go to the doctor now, I’ll have to go to the hospital tonight.” That was enough for me to call and have him seen.  Dr. V said he wasn’t too bad, but literally teared up when I told him what Gavin had said.  Dr. V said he wasn’t too bad yet, but put him on 3 days of steriods as a preventative.  I was happy with that and he seems not himself but we are making it through.

After going to the doctor, we went to Aldi and then came home for some popcorn and hot chocolate.  The kids were really well behaved and we had a great family night!

Brenntag Calendar

Every year, Brenntag publishes a calendar.  The employee’s kids color pictures and then some are picked to represent each month.  All entries are featured in the calendar somewhere.  This is the third year we’ve had the kids color pictures and this year Gavin won his age group!  His picture is the January picture!  He was so proud!  We are proud of all three kids and I like keeping this calendar every year!

January Envelopes

This year, we are doing something different that I’ve wanted to do for a few years now.  We set up envelopes and planned out things for the year.  I mentioned this in my New Year’s Resolutions posts. 

We have three different types of envelopes: Family (that includes 2 activities and 4 or 5 Mitchell Family Values to review), Date Nights (we put 12 different activities and a few Abbie/Brian Plan in there and the goal is for it to cost $10 or less), and House (we put the 6 main areas of our house in there; when we pull out an area, we will make a list at the beginning of the month to hopefully accomplish, deep clean, and repair; we will go through this list twice)

We introduced it to the kids tonight.  They seemed excited but a little confused.  I don’t think they quite get what it all means yet.  I’m sure as time goes on, they will understand more and be excited.  Our goal is to open the envelopes at the beginning of each month so we can budget for the activities if we need to and figure out when we can fit them in.

Here is what we have planned for January:

Family:

• Family Choice Dinner (appetizer, entrée, side, side, dessert) each person picks one thing and plans that part of the dinner
• Animal Week
• Actions speak louder than words.
• There will always be people who have more, but more who have less.
• Everyone in our family has a job. (Job Chart coming!!)
• Prayer time is a special time.
• We are thankful for everything God has given us.

House: Living Room/Hall/Closet

Date Night: Movies in Bed (free!)

Family Photos and Macie’s 5 Year

I totally forgot to post these….they were taken in November I think!