Runny noses, coughs, & car trouble

It surely will be a glorious Christmas celebration because the days leading to it are filled with adversity. Nothing earth shattering, just everyday things adding up such as: rain for four days and 10 kids trapped inside (read NOISE), many coughs and runny noses despite our best efforts with medicine, a serious discussion this morning on lieing with the oldest three who seem to 'get it' only to fall back into lieing, Rosa walked up and hit her brother, Pedro on the side of the head "por nada" (for nothing), Angel just spit into one of the building blocks Pedro was playing with because Pedro had more, and the truck will not start...AT ALL!

Come on, Jesus!