December 21, 2024-Happy 15th Birthday Campbell

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• I emptied the dishwasher, made ooey gooey, folded laundry, and wrapped some presents before Nonna and Pops came over. They brought doughnuts to celebrate the birthday girl. This was kind of a low key birthday for Campbell since she has already done most of her celebrating, but she did stay busy all day long.
• First, we did some Happy Birthday singing with the doughnuts. Campbell even opened her birthday present from Nonna and Pops-a pair of tennis shoes which I believe that she has worn all day long.
• When they left, I think that Keaton and Reagan went back to sleep. Robby went to run some errands, and after a bit, I ran some as well. I tried to convince Campbell to go with me, but she declined.
• The afternoon went by pretty quickly, Anderson finished our puzzle, and he and Graham played some basketball. Soon, I was taking Campbell and Keaton to their first babysitting job. I think that they were a little bit nervous-I was actually nervous for them too.
• But they did excellently. They had packed a bag of toys plus they even had a craft to do while they were there. When they wrote to tell me that the mom was on the way, I headed to pick them up, but I also wrote back to them to remind them to clean up some. They already knew to do that, and I think that the mom was very appreciative.
• I picked them up, and we went straight to the Wilson's house for our Christmas party. We brought chex mix, spicy cheese its, bbq sliders, sausage balls, tortilla roll ups, corn flake cookies, fudge, chicken nuggets, and hershey kiss cookies. Shannon had just as much food as we did, so there was enough food for the whole neighborhood. 
• Not only did we have food, but we also had lots of fun. We iced sugar cookies, played a game of Shannon's that even had prizes, played a new game of Robbys, and we even had a visit from Santa. It was lots of fun, but I'm exhausted!