My Parents Make Me Laugh

Last night I had to run over to my parents house to drop something off and there in the middle of the living room is wrapping paper from a gift that was clearly unwrapped.  My dad comes dashing over and my mom comes running down the stairs and they announce, "go in our room and look around".  So, in their room I go and what do I see? I see the bedspread set that Shawn and I  bought them for Christmas set up on their bed!! Now keep in mind I brought this gift over and placed it under the tree just 2 days prior with the intent of it being open on Christmas, after all it is a Christmas gift.  I could only laugh because for two days now I have been telling my  three little ones that "no you can not open the gifts under the tree" and "yes you have to wait until Christmas" and "if I have to tell you one more time that you CAN NOT open these gifts until Christmas then I will have to put them away for now" and here are my parents so proud of their bedspread with no shame that they opened their gift with 4 days to go!!  Needless to say the children will not be told about this.

It gets a bit better though. I just called my mom to check in on the day as she is home today being Wednesday and all.  She says, "I can't talk long dad does not like the Christmas Card I made so I need to get dressed up and put make-up on and go outside and take a picture for a new Christmas Card".  I LOVE THEM!!  Apparently, the tri-pod is all set up and they are ready to go with this picture.  Nothing like waiting until Shawn and I are at work and it is the 11th hour to take this photo.  Do they forget that we are there to help them with anything they need?  So out in the cold winter weather they will go with tri-pod waiting to take what will be this years Christmas Card. I can not wait to see this!!