December already?

Jon is watching the Steelers game so I needed something to do. So I decided to write on here. I don't know what I'm going to write, but I'm sure I'll ramble on about something....
The Steelers are playing the Browns and therefore, I can't root for one team or the other. Hubbby likes the Steelers, Daddy likes the Browns. I can't root for one of them to be upset! So I don't care who wins, I suppose. (not that I really care anyways, it IS sports, afterall)
I can't believe that it's December already. Only 17 more days till Christmas. Craziness. I'm busy making my presents for everyone. Some are turning out nice, while some are not quite what I had envisioned. Oh well. They are still nice and I'm sure the people receiving them will like them and appreciate them. After all, they are made with love <3.
My mother has pneumonia and has been sick for a while. I want to go see her so bad, but I can't. I wish it was christmas already just so that I can go see her and my Dad. It's tough not being able to just pack up and go. But that's what happens when you have a kid in school.
Kayden LOVES school too! I'm so happy. We were worried how he would do. I think he's going to be brilliant. :-) He LOVES to read. He's getting LOTS of those "I CAN READ" books for Christmas. He's going to be so excited. Every time I read him a book now he wants to "help" me. I have to let him say all the words he knows (the, I, a, big, tree, foot, feet, it's, we, see, up, cat, mat, hat, etc.) He gets mad when he sees a word he knows that I didn't let him say. It's cute, but reading a book now takes forever! He can pretty much read, "GO, DOG GO!" by himself and he loves it! He's read it to my mom over the phone and over skype. He can also read line by line without pointing at what he's reading. I was very shocked by that because as a teacher, I know that when they start to read, they are supposed to point to the words to help them follow the sentences. Just like they are supposed to point to what they are counting. He also doesn't always do that. It's exciting for me that he's so into school. I had told Jon that I was going to struggle with my expectations if we had children that didn't get good grades because I always strove for that and hated to get Bs! I wanted all As all the time! So, we shall see how our little Cory does :-)
Well, that's all for now. I don't know what else to write! Oh Jon starts his job on December 19th! yay! yay! good news! I'm going to miss him being home all the time and I think for the first few weeks I'm going to be extremely lonely till I get used to it again. I just hope he doesn't end up with 2nd shift. I want day light! Pray!