Christmas Lights

These past few weeks I have been driving around happily. I love the lights people put out this time of year. Christmas lights simply make me happy. They are little bits of cheer in a dark Northeastern winter. Over the last few years my husband has done his best to boycott Christmas, but even he gets excited about the lights. We go driving in search of the biggest displays we can find.

In our little town, one resident and her family erects an enormous display of lights in her yard. She welcomes people to park and wander around to take it all in. This has become a family tradition. Now that we have a child, it will probably become an even more important family tradition.

Winter can be hard enough. Christmas can be stressful if you put too much pressure on yourself to make it perfect and find the perfect gifts to give. Don't worry about the gifts. Give what you can. Leave perfection by the wayside. Get out there and enjoy those lights!

Merry Christmas!

Pedialyte Review

Pedialyte is yucky. It is too sweet. That being said, it is also a wonderful product if you can manage to swallow it. Sweet little Baby Boo was sick with a stomach bug this week. I bought him Pedialyte. He did not want to drink it. When I tasted it I found out why. All of the fake sweeteners in it make it feel like you are drinking concentrated liquified sugar. Anyone who knows me knows how strong of a sweet tooth I have. So this stuff must be awfully sweet.

I watered it down. Alex drank a bit more of it. Fortunately he recovered. Unfortunately he passed his illness onto me. I still had some of the drink left and figured why not have some for myself? I watered it down a lot. The next morning I felt great. So, my personal recommendation is this - buy the stuff, water it down, and drink drink drink (which we should do anyway...). They tell you not to water it down, but if that's the only way to get it into a sick child, why not???