It is hard to believe that it is already January 16, 2009. The time really flew over the holidays and I am profoundly sad that it did. Christmas was a blast this year and watching Elle discover the spirit of the season was truly a sight to see. She even said good bye to her friends at daycare today with a hearty “Merry Christmas" and I am certain she will continue with this for quite some time. Here is a recap of our holidays, hope you enjoy.
We kept with our tradition this year and spent Christmas Eve creating our gingerbread houses in fierce competition. This year the teams consisted of Jane, Megan and me vs. Brian, Ted and Kassidy. My team was victorious, but if you'd like to cast your votes just let me know.
We sent Elle off to sleep with my annual reading of The Polar Express and she actually made it through the entire story this year.
As expected (unlike last year's pleasant surprise), Nammy and Poppy arrived into Newark, NJ on Santa's sleigh at about 1:30 Christmas morning. Though the flight was delayed, they were worth wait and were home with us for Christmas morning.
Elle loved her gifts from Santa, but especially her dress up stuff.
Miss Kassidy had a blast too, but mostly was stoked on her new room (more about that in another post)!
Christmas dinner at Jane's was yummy and fun!
The rest of the week with my parents was supposed to be low key, but because Elle's potty training was a disaster...
...I tried to keep my folks entertained on their visit, so we hit up the Irish Famine Memorial in NYC (which is really cool and I highly recommend it)...
& Little Italy New York where we saw two of my sorority sisters, Laurel & Allison,
& Elle abruptly ended the evening by getting her first case of the stomach bug and began vomiting in front of a restaurant full of diners, a wild ride over the Brooklyn Bridge through Williamsburg, Brooklyn that I am certain was the high light of our visit together if not our lives (you had to be there) and a quick trip to the submarine base in Groton, CT...
... while Kassidy had her first skiing adventure with her Uncle Brian and Aunt Megan and by all indications is a "natural" and we can't wait to see it for ourselves and capture a photo for posterity.
I am missing my folks as always and am so grateful that they spent another Christmas with little us in Connecticut. They spoiled us so while they were here and our house seems so quiet with out them. We are back to our busy schedules and I can not wait until we all can be together again
...and will be counting down the days until they can smother us all with kiss sandwiches!
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