Monday Dec. 13, 1999 12 Days before Christmas -
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Eric woke up on a beautiful Monday morning, just one week before Christmas. This would be the first Christmas with the twins and Erica, Julie's baby. After he got downstairs the kids were dressed since Annie had gotten breakfast ready and Matt, who was visiting, was feeding David while Mary fed Sam. They both were eating while feeding their youngest siblings.
"Oh what a beautiful morning!" Eric exclaimed.
"You certainly are in a good mood." Annie replied.
"Oh yeah. I slept good and my parents are coming for Christmas." Eric said as he sat down to eat while Ruthie, Lucy, and Simon were finishing up.
"Do we know when?" Lucy asks while Mary cleaned up Sam and Matt was doing the same to David.
"No, not yet." Eric replies.
"This will be the last Christmas of the 1900's and the 20th century." Mary says.
"Yeah!! What do you mean?" Ruthie asked confused.
"Well, New Years' Day will be January 1, 2000 as we head into a new century as well as a new year." Simon explains.
"Cool." Ruthie says as everyone was cleaning their plates.
Matt and Mary put Sam and David in their high chairs when Simon and Ruthie went to the car. Lucy, Mary and Matt went to the car heading for school while Eric gives Annie a kiss then leaves for work. Annie turns to the twins and says. "Looks like it's just us now." and smiles and takes them out of their high chairs and puts them in a play pen and sings to the boys while she does the laundry.
Ruthie sings Jingle bells loudly as they drive to school.
"Ruthie, that's enough!" Mary says.
"What's wrong with you?" Simon asks then continues, "Aren't you in the Christmas spirit?"
"Hey, speaking of Christmas," Matt says, "I was thinking about us all doing something really special for Mom and Dad this Christmas."
"Like What?" Lucy asks
"I don't know something we can all do together."
"I know," Mary says, "Let's get family picture taken of us all"
"Or have someone paint a picture of us." Simon says.
"Well, that's a great idea, Simon, but I think that might cost a bit more than we can afford." Matt says.
Meanwhile back at the church Eric is just finishing up on his sermon, he's in a hurry because he wants to go to the mall to check out toys to buy for the twins and Erica for Christmas. He took notes on everything he saw at the mall and headed home for lunch where he talked to Annie about what he wanted to buy for the twins and Erica for Christmas. After lunch Annie puts the twins down for a nap and then heads out to do some shopping herself while Eric was at home.
After Annie left, he called Mary at school to see if she can pick up Ruthie and Simon which she did. When Simon and his sisters came home, Eric was on the floor playing with the twins then twenty minutes later Annie came home. During dinner the phone rings Mary offers to get it which she goes in the kitchen to talk then a few minutes later she sits down to eat.
"Who was on the phone Mary?" Annie asks.
"One of my classmates, Jill."
"What did she want?" Eric asks.
"She just wanted me to know that she finished her homework and that I can call her if I need help on it since she has the same class, same teacher I have but different period."
"You have Mr. Johnson in English?" Lucy asks.
"Yeah." Mary replies.
"He is hard."
"You can say that again." Mary replies.
"He is hard." Ruthie says copying what Lucy said as everyone busted out laughing.
"Finish eating." Annie says as she gives David a bite from his spoon of his baby food.
After dinner, Mary and Lucy did the dishes as Simon cleaned off the table while Annie was on the phone with Charles, Eric was playing with the twins and Ruthie finished up her homework. Everyone was finished with their chores then went upstairs to Mary's room for a meeting. Annie was taking a bath and Eric played 'Peek a Boo' with Sam and David in the living room.
"Guess what? I have a friend whose dad is a photographer and can get us pictures for mom and dad for Christmas." Mary says.
"Really? How much?" Lucy asks interested.
"$20 for all of us including Matt, David and Sam. My friend gave me the times to when we can go to take the pictures and they can be developed the same day. What do you say?"
"Yeah, great idea." Everyone replies.
"Does Matt know?" Simon asks.
"Yes, Matt knows. He has the times and days that has been scheduled for us."
"So we can do it on a weekend." Ruthie says.
"What if mom or dad see us?" Lucy asks.
"Oh man. We can do it at night, just ask our friends' parents to say yes to us staying overnight while explaining that we want to surprise our parents and-." Ruthie says
"Wait. There is one problem. Sam and David." Simon interrupts Ruthie.
"Oh, the twins. Um..-" Ruthie starts to explain but is interrupted.
"I got it. We can just ask Matt if he could ask mom and dad to watch the twins overnight or during the day then we can say we are going to a friends house as we take the pictures." Simon replies.
"Yeah. Great idea Simon." Mary replies.
A few minutes later Simon and the girls make a plan of what to do as they look at the scheduled times that was given as they call Matt to ask if they can see him after school tomorrow which they will see him. After they finish their meeting, Simon and Lucy go in the twins room to see what kind of clothes they have for the pictures then went to their room to finish their homework and ten minutes later Annie had finished her bath. Annie went downstairs to tell Eric that Sam and David needed to go to bed so they both put the boys down and later everyone went to bed.
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Eric woke up on a beautiful Monday morning, just one week before Christmas. This would be the first Christmas with the twins and Erica, Julie's baby. After he got downstairs the kids were dressed since Annie had gotten breakfast ready and Matt, who was visiting, was feeding David while Mary fed Sam. They both were eating while feeding their youngest siblings.
"Oh what a beautiful morning!" Eric exclaimed.
"You certainly are in a good mood." Annie replied.
"Oh yeah. I slept good and my parents are coming for Christmas." Eric said as he sat down to eat while Ruthie, Lucy, and Simon were finishing up.
"Do we know when?" Lucy asks while Mary cleaned up Sam and Matt was doing the same to David.
"No, not yet." Eric replies.
"This will be the last Christmas of the 1900's and the 20th century." Mary says.
"Yeah!! What do you mean?" Ruthie asked confused.
"Well, New Years' Day will be January 1, 2000 as we head into a new century as well as a new year." Simon explains.
"Cool." Ruthie says as everyone was cleaning their plates.
Matt and Mary put Sam and David in their high chairs when Simon and Ruthie went to the car. Lucy, Mary and Matt went to the car heading for school while Eric gives Annie a kiss then leaves for work. Annie turns to the twins and says. "Looks like it's just us now." and smiles and takes them out of their high chairs and puts them in a play pen and sings to the boys while she does the laundry.
Ruthie sings Jingle bells loudly as they drive to school.
"Ruthie, that's enough!" Mary says.
"What's wrong with you?" Simon asks then continues, "Aren't you in the Christmas spirit?"
"Hey, speaking of Christmas," Matt says, "I was thinking about us all doing something really special for Mom and Dad this Christmas."
"Like What?" Lucy asks
"I don't know something we can all do together."
"I know," Mary says, "Let's get family picture taken of us all"
"Or have someone paint a picture of us." Simon says.
"Well, that's a great idea, Simon, but I think that might cost a bit more than we can afford." Matt says.
Meanwhile back at the church Eric is just finishing up on his sermon, he's in a hurry because he wants to go to the mall to check out toys to buy for the twins and Erica for Christmas. He took notes on everything he saw at the mall and headed home for lunch where he talked to Annie about what he wanted to buy for the twins and Erica for Christmas. After lunch Annie puts the twins down for a nap and then heads out to do some shopping herself while Eric was at home.
After Annie left, he called Mary at school to see if she can pick up Ruthie and Simon which she did. When Simon and his sisters came home, Eric was on the floor playing with the twins then twenty minutes later Annie came home. During dinner the phone rings Mary offers to get it which she goes in the kitchen to talk then a few minutes later she sits down to eat.
"Who was on the phone Mary?" Annie asks.
"One of my classmates, Jill."
"What did she want?" Eric asks.
"She just wanted me to know that she finished her homework and that I can call her if I need help on it since she has the same class, same teacher I have but different period."
"You have Mr. Johnson in English?" Lucy asks.
"Yeah." Mary replies.
"He is hard."
"You can say that again." Mary replies.
"He is hard." Ruthie says copying what Lucy said as everyone busted out laughing.
"Finish eating." Annie says as she gives David a bite from his spoon of his baby food.
After dinner, Mary and Lucy did the dishes as Simon cleaned off the table while Annie was on the phone with Charles, Eric was playing with the twins and Ruthie finished up her homework. Everyone was finished with their chores then went upstairs to Mary's room for a meeting. Annie was taking a bath and Eric played 'Peek a Boo' with Sam and David in the living room.
"Guess what? I have a friend whose dad is a photographer and can get us pictures for mom and dad for Christmas." Mary says.
"Really? How much?" Lucy asks interested.
"$20 for all of us including Matt, David and Sam. My friend gave me the times to when we can go to take the pictures and they can be developed the same day. What do you say?"
"Yeah, great idea." Everyone replies.
"Does Matt know?" Simon asks.
"Yes, Matt knows. He has the times and days that has been scheduled for us."
"So we can do it on a weekend." Ruthie says.
"What if mom or dad see us?" Lucy asks.
"Oh man. We can do it at night, just ask our friends' parents to say yes to us staying overnight while explaining that we want to surprise our parents and-." Ruthie says
"Wait. There is one problem. Sam and David." Simon interrupts Ruthie.
"Oh, the twins. Um..-" Ruthie starts to explain but is interrupted.
"I got it. We can just ask Matt if he could ask mom and dad to watch the twins overnight or during the day then we can say we are going to a friends house as we take the pictures." Simon replies.
"Yeah. Great idea Simon." Mary replies.
A few minutes later Simon and the girls make a plan of what to do as they look at the scheduled times that was given as they call Matt to ask if they can see him after school tomorrow which they will see him. After they finish their meeting, Simon and Lucy go in the twins room to see what kind of clothes they have for the pictures then went to their room to finish their homework and ten minutes later Annie had finished her bath. Annie went downstairs to tell Eric that Sam and David needed to go to bed so they both put the boys down and later everyone went to bed.