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The Serenity Prayer: Winter Break Version

Christmas presents

You'd think all of this would be enough to keep them busy during break. You would be wrong.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the school calendar that I cannot change;
courage to get through the entire winter break;
and wisdom to know what will keep my kids from driving me crazy.

Day 11 of Winter Break. Send help. Or a babysitter. Or wine.

Comments

  2. Oh poor you! I am actually going to work for today and tomorrow and then we leave for Disney on Thursday. I am hoping the threat/anticipation of Disney will be enough to keep them in line!!

    Good Luck!!!

  4. I see this same thought all over the Internet! I am so lucky to have Grandma for a babysitter. Even if I was off work she would want her granddaughter. Of course she is only one and still cute!

    • I don’t remember them getting such a long break before. They were at grandma’s yesterday… I joked that I would pick them up on Thursday, but no go.

  8. I love it! I can’t even imagine three boys at home for that long with each other. My girls are in Littlest Pet Shop heaven. Oh and they got one of those huge puzzles with over 300 pieces and are taking up the entire floor with it. That is keeping them very busy!
    Hope you survive!

    • Oh, that sounds so peaceful! Mine were fighting over a set of wooden blocks this morning. Why they couldn’t all build something together or go play with something else, I don’t know. I was waiting for a block to be thrown and knock someone out.

  10. All I can do is nod my head because I’m right there with you. To top it off, it’s raining here so I can’t even send them outside when they’re at each other’s throats. Help!

      • Luckily my daughter is still sleeping, but I know once she wakes up things will go downhill. I let my son take a 4 hour nap yesterday, which meant he didn’t fall asleep until midnight. He’s going to get ugly by day’s end I’m sure.

        • Still sleeping? Oh, I’m so jealous! Mine were all up before 6. And I wish mine would ever nap!!!

  13. Ok I am sending a bottle over right away… looks like a lot and yet nothing…lol Send them to the back yard and lock the door;-)
    Good Luck!
    XOXO,
    MamaSaidPlease

    • The thought of cleaning it all up stresses me out- especially with them home on break- it’s not like it will stay clean!

  17. hahaha…Hubby asked last night if it was bad that he wished daycare was open this week. I said I didn;t think so considering I would have been willing to pay double for them to have stayed open this week!

    Hey, we need a vacation, too…

  18. I’m a teacher so in your same sense of serenity prayer, mine is grant me the ability to make winter break longer and to make those kids angels when they return!!

    • I remember those days! I counted down til the breaks and the parents counted down til they were over. Now I’m on the other side of that!

  21. How about I send all three? At least that’s what I could use! Love this post – even as a home schooler. My girls don’t know what to do with their mornings.

  23. You are already on Day 11 of break! What do you get, like, three weeks??? That’s a little excessive!

    Boy, they really force you to be organized with your Christmas shopping, don’t they? I would have been up the creek if my kids weren’t in school all week. Hey. That rhymes.

    Happy New Year.

    • It really did seem like they got out super early this year.

      And I didn’t get my shopping done til late anyway. Ugh.

  28. LOL…you are a much stronger woman than I am….for sure. I skipped out of daycare today, I’m almost HAPPY to be at work…..LOL

    HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS was wonderful sweetie. xo

  30. Love this prayer! I’m a mom and teacher, so I get both sides. You can use what my husband calls they eye binkie….a TV show! They may go back to being crazy (like our kids do), but at least you’ll get a little break. Good luck!

  36. Looks so fun! Our kids had school right through the 23rd so we are just getting started…and since it’s year-round school, they will be home for most of the month of January. At least the little kids are. If you come up with some good ideas for entertaining them, PLEASE let me know!
    Sandy

  40. My kiddies just started their break and im soooo glad suprise arrangement magicly appeared for them! On a regular day the crive me batty before 10min of them being home! Sheesh! Hang in there hunni!

  42. Really…My kids are crazy today. I told husband who is off today that I must go to the grocery store. Alone. I went through each aisle…twice.

  54. I are now living in a rural area and I have a huge amount of pine trees on my property. I have been told that wood is a very ‘sappy’ wood and that it must be fine if I ‘burn seasoned wood that is cut properly’ (expected my chimney sweep) and if I use caution. I know that you are suppose to wash your fireplace once a year, but do you want it more often when you burn pine? How often?.

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