Christmas week! Vacation! We made it! Last week was a bad week, but now vacation is here and its all fun. We got all the shopping done last weekend and I've even finished wrapping except for one item. We're leaving for southern Illinois tomorrow, and all thats left to prepare for the trip is packing!
Yesterday Dada finished shopping for Mama and Mama finished the wrapping. When Dada got home we all sat together and watched "The Polar Express." Allie has been really interested in TV lately and she's been enjoying the Christmas shows on ABC Family. But her favorite by far now is The Polar Express. Its Christmas and its a train, her favorite thing in the world right now. We all sat together on the couch watching. Monk even laid on the couch next to us. We all clapped when we saw the happy ending to the movie. Allie was saying "polar express!" all night long.
Today has been a relaxing day. We decided to stay home and relax so that Allie could have a good nap, a restful day at home and then go to bed early. She won't sleep enough once we're traveling! While Allie slept, Dada took Monk to the kennel and ran a few other errands and Mama finally got the baking day she hadn't gotten yet this season.
I've made ginger creams and am baking double chocolate chip cookies. There's dough in the fridge waiting to be baked into oatmeal raisin cookies. More cookies than we need, but I love baking! We'll take them on our trip this week to share.
When Allie woke up from her nap she joined Mama in the kitchen to watch the baking and mixing. She likes watching but got quite worked up asking for a cookie. We gave her one but also some yogurt... but since she was very engrossed into the baking, Dada fed her the yogurt while she was standing on her stool watching Mama mix. It was some fun family time even if Dada was sitting on the floor!
I wish we could have taken a few pictures! It was so fun seeing Allie's face as she watched the mixer go round and round.
The terrible twos are rearing their ugly head though and Allie was a bit too disruptive in the kitchen. To get Allie to come out to the living room, Dada asked Allie if she'd like to watch The Polar Express again. She's just as engrossed in the movie again right now!
I'm loving the Christmas magic already. The rest of the week just holds more. Its so fun now that Allie is getting old enough to understand about Christmas and enjoy it!
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