Christmas day was going so well. Gavin was playing in his room because he wanted to be alone. Elliott and Emmett were playing together with Play Doh.  All was well..... Then of course,  Daddy in his infinite wisdom brought out the game Chutes and Ladders.    I thought, who doesn't like Chutes and Ladders? Well,  I'll tell you who doesn't like Chutes and Ladders.  It's the kid that hits the chute and basically has to start all over again. In this case,  Elliott.  Elliott was doing really well and seemed to catch every ladder all the way to the top.  Then, he hit the big chute on square 87 and slid all the way back down. Elliott didn't like that very much.  He broke down in tears and ran off sobbing…

Merry Christmas everyone. The Lost and Tired family has been up since 5am. Everyone is getting along and having a great morning. I had planned on cooking breakfast this morning, but I don't think anyone will eat it.  Instead, the boys will probably munch on cereal and fruit.  I wanted to take a minute and thank everyone for being there for us this year.  I truly, truly appreciate it.  Merry Christmas......

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house,  not a creature was stirring and that includes Elliott.  Thank God he actually slept tonight.  He's snuggled with the two kittens that replaced the dog fearing Sam and Dean. He's so peaceful and he'll be thrilled in the morning to see this picture because they actually sleep with him the entire night.  I'm really going to bed now.......... Good night....

Of all the things I have heard this year, today's takes the cake.  This statement was by none other than Gavin himself.  Emmett has been screaming quite a bit this morning so far.  Gavin apparently is annoyed with the screaming and made the statement that he can't stand Emmett’s screaming.  Lizze and I both looked at each other like,  are you kidding me?  You're the king of screaming and you're actually going to complain about someone else's screaming? Of course, we didn't actually say that but damn straight it was going through both our heads. Due to the extreme level of irony in Gavin's statement, I'm awarding him The most ironic statement of the year award, 2012. To me, this just goes to show just how out of touch Gavin…

I mentioned in a post the other day that Sam and Dean need a new home. The are amazing kittens and are beautiful pure bred, chocolate seal point Siamese. The reason we are looking for new homes, preferably home, is because they don't do well with the dogs. They basically live in the basement and are afraid to come upstairs and they've been here a few weeks. We don't want that for them and so we are trying to find them a more comfortable home. To make the rehoming process easier, Banfield Animal Hospital has graciously donated one year of well visits for each cat. This will cover shots and things like that. It won't cover getting them fixed or declawed but it's still a big cost saver and a…