Christmas Eve Catch-up Just realised how far behind I was in updating so here goes: Elspeth’s nursery school hosted a ‘Cocoa Party’ one afternoon last week. The girls were quite happy to decorate a cookie (Katrine ate all of hers while Elspeth just picked off the candies), drink hot chocolate (Elspeth actually just poked at the floating marshmallows and giggled) and eat treats. Me? I was thrilled to get a photo of all of us together! We celebrated Christmas at my brother and sister in laws two weeks ago and it was a blast -yummy food, great company, and decorated sheep. I suppose everyone loves to be festively dressed on special occassions. For said celebration I was asked to bring dessert. My mom had mentioned seeing a photo of cupcakes in mason jars in a magazine. Well , I figured that I should do something creative and designed a mental picture of a beautifully stacked red, white and green cupcake jar of yumminess. Hmmm. Didn’t work out quite as I had invisioned. Funny thing is, just saw on the cover of a magazine while waiting at the check out that they had instructions for making….red, white and green cupcakes in jars! The featured cupcakes looked just like my vision. Sigh. Although Katrine is taking a break from the ice, I had Elspeth out the skating trail this past week. One time her beloved blanket sheep had to accompany us and skate. Yesterday we went to celebrate Christmas with Glenn’s extended family. It was fabulous. The girls have been blessed with a great group of cousins once removed (?)/second cousins (?). Anyways, for five hours there was laughter, play and smiles. Plus, Glenn and I got to partake in adult conversation and get caught up. Today we will be cleaning and doing some last minute prep before heading out to church. Then it is set up for Santa which is a big deal for me as I know that Katrine’s days of believing in Santa are quickly ticking away so I want to treasure it while I still can. Then tomorrow and the next day will be Christmas present chaos. Then Thursday is the big day with the neurologist. That pretty much brings you up to date. Have a great Christmas if you are celebrating and if not, enjoy the little bit of snow that we actually have thus far.
Elspeth’s nursery school hosted a ‘Cocoa Party’ one afternoon last week. The girls were quite happy to decorate a cookie (Katrine ate all of hers while Elspeth just picked off the candies), drink hot chocolate (Elspeth actually just poked at the floating marshmallows and giggled) and eat treats. Me? I was thrilled to get a photo of all of us together!
We celebrated Christmas at my brother and sister in laws two weeks ago and it was a blast -yummy food, great company, and decorated sheep. I suppose everyone loves to be festively dressed on special occassions.
For said celebration I was asked to bring dessert. My mom had mentioned seeing a photo of cupcakes in mason jars in a magazine. Well , I figured that I should do something creative and designed a mental picture of a beautifully stacked red, white and green cupcake jar of yumminess. Hmmm. Didn’t work out quite as I had invisioned. Funny thing is, just saw on the cover of a magazine while waiting at the check out that they had instructions for making….red, white and green cupcakes in jars! The featured cupcakes looked just like my vision. Sigh.
Although Katrine is taking a break from the ice, I had Elspeth out the skating trail this past week. One time her beloved blanket sheep had to accompany us and skate.
Yesterday we went to celebrate Christmas with Glenn’s extended family. It was fabulous. The girls have been blessed with a great group of cousins once removed (?)/second cousins (?). Anyways, for five hours there was laughter, play and smiles. Plus, Glenn and I got to partake in adult conversation and get caught up.