Today, I went to work early. I was there at 730am, having already dropped both kids off. I figure we’ll be off with them for two weeks, so a little extra time at school won’t hurt ’em. I went to work, had a semi-usual day, then left early to attend Peyton’s Christmas gift exchange and party. It was at 345pm. Brandon was instructed to go to CDC, and Dave would pick him up and meet us at Peyton’s. I got there early, and the kids were watching a video while the teachers were setting up. Peyton ran over to me thinking she was leaving. I packed up her stuff, then had her sit back down with her friends. The kids were instructed to line up and sing some songs for the parents. She was upset somehow, and she did not want to participate. They started with the 12 days of Christmas, which she had been practicing. She likes the Muppet version a lot, especially Miss Piggy’s five golden rings! But she was a grump throughout the whole thing, and nothing the teachers could do to get her out of her funk. She was even crying through part of another song. Actually, a few of the kids were crying. Weird, since she was fine at the big performance, and this was just in their classroom. Dave and Brandon arrived by the last song. Then the gift exchange was underway. Peyton got a gift from Olivia. She agreed to wait until Christmas to open it. The kids then went to the table, where a slice of pizza was awaiting them. Peyton told us she didn’t want it, but just wanted her yogurt. Brandon was still banned from desserts after sneaking candy on Tuesday, despite me telling him no. He was sent next door to Ms Tarez for some fruit ,with instructions again to not eat the sweets. He agreed. He came back shortly, since he didn’t know anyone in the other class. We said our goodbyes and happy holidays to the teachers and her friends and their parents. We headed out to FA to go visit Miss Kristina. Ms Diane opened the door for us and we caught up with her for a bit before heading over to Ms Jim’s class. We were informed that Ms Kristina had left early for the day. We still brought the presents for both teachers and caught up a bit with Ms Jim’s class. The classroom was so quiet, as the kids were in their jammies eating snack. Our kids were trying to play with the toys that were already cleaned up and put away for another time, so we reminded them to leave them alone. Knowing we had to get to dinner, we headed out. We left Dave’s car in front of the school to consolidate cars, knowing there was traffic and what not. It took almost 25 minutes to get to our destination. We arrived just as the Brown’s did, who were just behind the Kao’s. We got situated, and Mckayla and Peyton found each other and sat down together. Brandon ended up with Logan, who had some lego figures that they were playing with together. 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Dinner was VERY yummy, and Dave and I ended up ordering the same thing, even though we were separated and had no clue what the other was ordering. He ordered half of the crab salad, which I did not, but the poke was the same. Brandon had salmon teriyaki, while Peyton had chicken and ate about half. Brandon ate the other portion that Peyton did not. She ate all her broccoli, so I couldn’t complain. She still isn’t a big meat eater, but did eat the portion that I’d given her. She devoured her orange, and only the rind was left. Dessert for the birthday girl was brought out, then shared amongst the families. Dave was kind and gave Peyton and me the majority of our family’s share. Brandon looked at me longingly, but did not put up a fuss when I told him about his consequence. We then headed over to Theresa’s house for the after party. Well, they were having a party for Rita’s birthday. It was a very full house, but somehow it worked! The kids were confined in the TV room and they were all being silly. I think they all had the chocolate brownie at dinner, except Brandon, and he was the calmest of them all! He was tired from a long day at school, and was content to watch someone play a handheld gaming device, while the other kids were working out their energy and sugar high. Luckily there were no injuries, but Ms Peyton did bonk her head on the corner of the table, with a hushed reaction from all the parents. She quickly bounced back, crawled over to me, and maintained composure. It HAD to have hurt, but she gave no indication that she was in pain. She has scar tissue all over her head from all bumps she’s received over her 3.95 years. But it was enough for her to slow down a little bit, and make an example of her for the other kids. Before we could do any damage to the furniture, we were ready to sing to the guests of honor over cupcakes. Brandon again had to be excused, and again, didn’t really put up much of a fight. He compromised and asked if he could have a slice of garlic toast. I agreed to that, even though the other party-goers had not yet eaten! I took off the frosting and gave the cake to Peyton. I watched as Logan meticulously licked the frosting off his first, prompting an “Ai-ya!” from Stuart 😉 Soon after, we all parted ways so we could get the kids off to bed. We made it home, then we realized we’d forgotten Dave’s car at FA!!! AHHHH….Brandon said he just wanted to go home and go to sleep. Peyton was talking all about riddling the rides at Disneyland, singing songs, and talking his ear off. He even said, “I wish Peyton wasn’t my sister.” Peyton then took offense, and said, “That’s not nice, Brandon! 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We were naming dwarves again, and she got stuck on the last two – Sleepy and Bashful. I didn’t expect her to get Bashful, but I was trying to give her hints on Sleepy. So I fake yawned, and she said, “Yawny?” I laughed, immediately thinking of the entertainer Yanni, as my mom has a ton of his albums. I finally gave it to her, since she wasn’t getting it.