Wow, 2014 is nearly over! Here is a look at our holiday season!
I "did" Thanksgiving on two hours of sleep due to a Wednesday overnight shift that ran two hours longer than scheduled to prepare for Black Friday.
I still don't, and probably never will, understand why consumers "demand" retailers open earlier and earlier each year for Black Friday. It's a vicious cycle of competition between retailers and it continues because people continue to show up regardless of if it cuts into their family time. I could go on all day about this but I'll spare anyone who happens to be reading this...you're welcome ;)
The first weekend in December Nana and Papa took everyone on the Polar Express North Pole Express in St. Paul!
We rode to the "North Pole" where Santa climbed on board to meet with all the kids and collect their letters! It was a mostly fun night with stress levels rising as bedtime came and we still hadn't left Union Depot! Everything gets harder when you have tired and crabby kids along...
The next morning we went to the tree farm with Jason's family to get his sister's tree! *no pictures
Santa visited our library and brought along two of his reindeer!
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| Our friend, D, joined us! |
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| Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy |
Amelia was sick for her kindergarten Christmas concert this year. She was very upset so we had our own concert at home! She got all dressed up:
She sang us her favorite song from the concert:
After she performed we had "pizza that comes hot to your door" (aka delivery) because that is what they were having at the concert as a fundraiser for the music department. All in all, not the night we had planned but still a success!
Christmas Eve I worked 9.5 hours, headed home, got ready and we left to start our Christmas celebrations. We spend Christmas Eve with my family, sleep there and then spend Christmas Day with Jason's family. Jason and I went extra casual this year at my parent's house:
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| Family "selfie" |
*Christmas Day lacks pictures...but Santa came, kids woke up at 5 a.m., we played games, we went to Christmas with Jason's family and headed home in the evening - exhausted!
We're looking forward to spending New Year's Eve at home tomorrow - with the exception of a chiropractor appointment late in the afternoon for Amelia! We have frozen pizzas waiting, movies will be watched and I'm sure a game or two will be played!
