Holiday Happenings

Life is fairly low-key around here, which I guess is good, but I'm going to sum up the holidays anyway.

• We have yet another new addition to the family. Some friends of ours got our boys a fish for Christmas (they asked first). The kids love Tommy, who got his name because he's blue like Thomas the Train. I sure hope he fairs better than all the plants we've tried to keep alive.


• We are also the new proud owners of a 10-in-1 game table, which arrived because we had to take back some other gifts that were broken or did not work like we thought they would. The 60% off sale had something to do with it too. This table brings much joy to the 6 yo and much grief to the 2 yo, mostly because the little guy can barely see the top.


• Speaking of taking gifts back, that seemed to be the theme this year. Broken parts, gifts too hard to operate, missing pieces...it got so bad my son started asking after each gift he opened, "are we going to have to take this one back too?"


• We took the boys to see "The Tale of Despereaux" because we had free movie passes that expired tomorrow. None of us really liked it, and we spent as much on a small popcorn and two drinks as we would have on 4 movie tickets for a movie worth watching.
• Sunday morning my 6 yo was innocently playing on the floor when he instantly started crying like crazy and holding on to his neck. The pain kept him from doing much all day, but by evening he was moving around slowly, although he looked a bit crooked. A trip to the chiro today gave us the diagnosis of torticollis. Interestingly enough, he had this as an infant and couldn't turn his head all the way to the left. Six weeks of physical therapy did the trick - until yesterday. The chiro says he'll have him good as new soon, which I think means about 3-6 months of visits. Oh, and he says when this is cleared up, he probably won't suffer from allergies either. It's safe to say I'm skeptical, but the kid does need to be able to turn his head.
• We're getting ready for another Illinois trip. I wonder how 10 hours in the carseat will feel with torticollis?