This was the first Christmas away from my parents and extended family. I think we did a great job filling that void. The house had the tree up the day after Thanksgiving (the day my mom left after visiting us). We had many gifts for the kids--we ordered the BEST toys through Pea Pie Baby, owned by my good friend Elizabeth. The kids love all the play food! I'm still working on Grace's Waldorf doll--maybe another week before it's done? Maybe I'll just hang onto it until valentine's day. Maybe not. . . .
Terry and I cooked and cleaned up the cooking all afternoon--ham, sweet and sour meatballs, sweet potato souffle, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and homemade apple pies. It was delicious, and AJ actually consumed some vegetables over the course of the day. T spent most of his time peeling apples and slicing them. I tried to convince him that we needed an apple peeler/slicer/corer like one The Pampered Chef sells, and NOW he sees why!!!!!! But he did it mostly without complaint, to his credit.
It snowed and was just beautiful outside. We had the fire roaring in the fireplace and spent most of the day in the fireplace room. AJ was in his PJs until about 3pm. He doesn't like to put on new clothes. "Just leave me alone!" his attitude screams.
The children went to bed nicely, and we watched the last hour of Spiderman 3. Very festive, I know. :)
Today I convinced Terry to take a SPIN class with me at the gym. It felt good to burn off breakfast!! I promised Gracie a movie today--she wants to see Enchanted again. I'd like to take her to see Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, but she's pretty stuck on Enchanted, which she has ALREADY seen with Terry. Plus Mr. Magorium is at the cheap theater, since it came out around Thanksgiving. I suspect we're going to see Enchanted.
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