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That is all I have heard all week long from my 5 year old.

The other day my brother in law dropped off the gifts he got for the kids. We have a tradition in our house where no gifts go under our tree until Christmas Eve after the kids are asleep. Well, It seems that my brother in law thinks that is a stuid tradition, so when he brought all his gifts over, and there are about 25 per kid, I am not kidding, he put them all under the tree. Needless to say when I got up that morning, I moved every single one of them into our "playroom"/office. Now we have a ton of gifts in this room that the kids go in constantly through out the day, their school books are in here.

I am totally done shopping and wrapping gifts. I am done with all the baking and cooking the food we give as gifts. So why is it that my husband has yet to even start shopping? Why do men like to shop on Christmas Eve? It makes no sence to me. I asked for one gift from him, a splatter shield for my Kitchenaid mixer he got me for my birthday. He also has to get my brother his gift. He asked for a rachet set to work on his car, so seeing how that is man heaven, I left that gift up to my hubby. He is going to be in Sears for hours I just know it. All I say is he better be done by 3:30 so we can go to church at 4.

Another one of our Christmas Eve traditions is to go out driving around to look at all the lights. We haven't been able to do it the past 2 years due to the nerve damage in my hubbys neck. (He fell off his cement truck while in the yard and landed on his back and neck. It took the docs almost 18 months to figure out what was wrong with him). So this year I am really looking forward to this. I know I can take the kids out and drive around, but my hubby knows where the best homes are and I don't see much when I am driving . hehe It may be a little selfish, but the hubby hasn't complained yet.