A few days at the cabin

We spent the last few days at the cabin, which gave us much to be Rosing about…but we forgot to do rose and thorn until tonight. We went sledding which was a heavenly wonderful time. I finished my editing of my 2010 blog book!! Now that is a miracle. Now to get the pictures into it and it will be a wrap…hopefully before the end of 2011.

Sam
Rose: being home again from the cabin
Thorn: not getting to pick the bath bomb tonight
Thankfuls: for spending lovely days at the cabin because he loves it there

Ian
Rose: decorating my room for Christmas (he says that all the time because he is looking at his Christmas decorations from his bed when we do this)…when I said “how about something from the last few days” he said “oh ok, going to the cabin”
Thorn: something I did bad he said….then he said ummm no thorn. Sam yelled “why doesn’t your thorn be because mom’s tummy hurts”. Ian said”oh ok”
Thankfuls: “for you and for me and for Sammy and daddy. Oh and also our puppies” then just as he was laying his head down he said “and my friends” (his stuffed animals….the main ones are ducky (from Nanbo), black bear, birdy, baby bunny, grandma bunny, moose and camealion).

Me….
Rose: sledding
Thorn: the end of the Christmas season
Thankfuls: the cleaners had come to our house when we got home…clean as a whistle….excellent

A few days rosing

December 23rd

Ian
Rose eating dinner together
Thorn none today
Thankful is for taking a bath with daddy and Sammy. Sam then said “apparently daddy didn’t take a bath”

Me
Rose reading books in bed in the afternoon and falling asleep
Thorn no thorn
Thankfuls for a wonderful day

Sam
Rose taking a bath
Thorn is none
Thankfuls eating food right now

Daddy
Rose snuggling with the Boys watching a movie
Thorn issue with with bike assembly
Thankful for family.

December 24th:

Sam
Rose santa is coming tonight
Thorn being on the naughty list
Thankfuls Santa is coming tonight

Ian
Rose putting out milk and jam tarts for Santa. Also putting out celery for the reindeer because daddy had eaten all of the carrots
Thorn none
Thankfuls…mommy, Ian, Kelsey, nanny and grandad, nanny Susie and Sam. And who else??? Hmmmm…daddy

December 25th

Ian
Rose going to nanny and granddad’s
Thorn looking at Christmas lights on the way home
Thankful for being together and family time on Christmas

Mom
Rose is daddy and how much he loves mommy and how hard he works to make my Christmas special. Sam said “also nanny helped to make your Christmas special”
Thorn needing a break today from the kids
Thankful being together for Christmas

Sam
Rose a good family day with everyone
Thorn looking too long at Christmas lights
Thankfuls for Sam, Ian, mommy, dad, nanny, grandad and kelsey…our family

Leon
Rose the boys
Thorn the boys
Thankful for a wonderful christmas

December 26th
Sam
Rose eating dinner with uncle Chris
Thorn not having time for more books
Thankfuls for our big family.

Ian
Rose uncle john
Thorn being hit by Sammy (he wasn’t hit by sammy but this is his defacto thorn)
Thankfuls for everyone

12/21

Sam:

Rose was getting into bed and going to sleep right now

Thorn was Nanny Suzie having to go home

Thankful was for no TV tonight and reading a lot of books together

Ian:

Rose was also getting into bed

Thorn was decorating his room???  BIG THORN was Sammy hitting him

Thankful was for: YOU, and SAMMY, and ME, and DADDY and OUR PUPPIES

 

Debbie:

Rose was shopping and spending the day with Leon

Thorn was sore legs after shopping all day

Thankfuls are for this time of year and that we have no major plans now for a few days.  Most Christmas shopping is done.

 

Time for a new start….rosing

What am I rosing about….this is the way Sam starts off the final ritual before we go to bed.   Rose, thorn and thankfuls….so now I will attempt to make 2012 the year of what we are rosing about.

Here goes a sample from Saturday December 17th

Sam’s rose was being at nanny and granddad’s and them letting him take the tiger home. 
Sam’s thorn was missing mom and dad when they were gone.
Sam’s thankful was nanny and grandad in the season of Christmas.

Ian’s rose was pizza
Ian’s thorn was hitting and fighting
Ian’s thankful was for Sam sharing

I have already forgotten what my and Leon’s rose/thorn/thankful was that day so clearly I have to improve on this process, but I am excited to begin a new journey of treasuring my days with these three boys for 2012.