Day 1567. This morning I had my alarm set for 8 am, but Sammy was up early, as usual, and the others got up not long after. We did all the advent calendars, then got ready to leave the house at 9:15. I got the tops of our Christmas pj's out that we all put on to have matching T-shirts. We were going to a Christmas party after all.

Day 1566. Sammy was the first one up again at around 7 am. Soon they were all up, and at some point Randy got up to make breakfast, while I opened the advent calendars with them. I enjoyed the luxury of being able to stay in bed longer. Eventually I got up to dress the kids. Randy then left with Tammy and Emmy at 10 am to take them to piano class.

Day 1565. I had forgotten to turn off the 7:15 am alarm that we need when Sammy goes to kindergarten. Randy got up right away, and so we ended up having plenty of time to get ready to leave the house just before 9 am. We got on the subway and rode it for a few stops, then we had a 20 minute walk ahead of us.