Mid-Day Preparations For Operation Vacation

He does this:

Then finally after the reaching and the begging and the wood floor-soaked tears he (thankfully) did this:

All the while she appeared to be doing this:

But was actually doing this:

All I need to do is:

4 loads of laundry, pack for 8 days of ambiguous weather, clean the homestead, freak out, run errands, keep children alive, make sure I have all the makings to supply the Vaisey children with a very Merry Christmas (I don't), crawl in a hole.

We're gonna need a Christmas Miracle.