Abby, Little Bear, Little Monkey, and I have all made our way to Amarillo. We arrived at my parents on Sunday evening, to find it pretty cold here. It wouldn't be Christmas if it wasn't COLD and WINDY!!!! We have spent the last couple of days buying last minute gifts and wrapping them up. This year Christmas for our family will be a little different. You see my grandparents have not been doing well this year. So this will be our first Christmas with my grandmother....not at home. In March we were sad to have to place her in a nursing home (her place is very wonderful) due to her Alzheimer's. Also my grandfather has been in a rehab hospital for the past 2 weeks; however we were able to bring him home today. Now that grandpa is home; we tried to carry on some of our traditions. Off to grandpas' house we headed for COOKIE MAKING!!!!
You see since I have been oh gosh a baby we have always made cookies with my grandparents. Normally grandma makes the dough the night before, we show up, bake our hearts out, and decorate... Well with things changing a bit we still went over for baking and decorating. Grandpa was home for the event; and he enjoyed all of it especially eating the cookies. Brian made some very nice looking ones...and Little Bear. This year was loads of fun for her, she couldn't wait. The past couple of years she has just hung out for about 20 minutes of fun, not today. She stayed all the way through....and most of all loved the decorating part. What kid wouldn't love using icing and sprinkles? Well she LOVED it...her exact quote was "This is the best Christmas yet..."
So back home we are now, awaiting SANTA! Little Bear has made another "note" for Santa just in case he forgets what she wanted. You see she really wants Samantha (the American Girl), however she has been discontinued. Little Bear is a little worried he may bring the wrong girl, so she really wanted to make sure he KNEW! Also she would like last years model of the double stroller from American Girl. (Another item that is no longer sold....grrrr) She has the cookies on the plate and milk ready to go. We have just checked the computer (http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html) and Santa is currently in Cape Verda....so we must eat quickly before he heads our way.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Enjoy the day, the family time, and the memories!
Merry Christmas everyone!!
P.S. Still working on the pics for Disney, Abby's computer was toooooooo slow on uploading. Looks like it may still be a week away, sorry.
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Glad you got to do your cookie decorating. :) Sorry it is cold there, here we went to the beach today! Say hi to everyone for me!
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