Five months, ten days.....the last time Chris and I had the opportunity to sleep in. We arrived in North Dakota around midnight on Friday, stayed in Grand Forks with my parents, shopped a bit and came home Saturday. It has been a whirlwind ever since. I talked my sister, Jessica into wrapping my presents. Another yucky job that I didn't have to do. Yay. Jessica, Claire, my Mom and I visited my Grandpa at the nursing home. He looked very well and displayed the witty personality he has always possessed. It was a nice visit. We returned home and began Christmas baking. We made krumkake, which is a Norwegian cookie, cherry balls (the name says it all) and frosted sugar cookies, which could be the single factor for a 10 pound weight gain this holiday season. Yummy! Anyway, back to my explanation. We went to sleep and awoke around the usual time of 5:30 Eastern Time. I tried to get Claire to go back to sleep, but she had other ideas. Party time. We layed in bed for awhile longer when a visitor knocked on our door. My Dad. He came in, took Claire and away they went. The next thing I knew, the time was 10 am or 11 Eastern Time!!! I can't remember when I have slept that long. It was WONDERFUL! This is the first day in a long time that I haven't wandered through the day in a sleepless fog. Merry Christmas to us!
The Halloween festivities are in full swing here. We attended a "Fall Festival" at my school on Thursday evening and today we enjoyed a "fall festival" at the girls' school. We've managed to keep their costumes a secret until Wednesday when Claire spilled the beans. She was doing so well at keeping the secret, I almost thought she wasn't our child for awhile ;) Claire dressed as "Pinkalicious" and Mya was a cupcake. My Mom and Dad bought Claire the book, "Pinkalicious" for her first birthday. It has been an on-going hit with our girls. They both have the entire book memorized. It is such a cute book where this girl named "Pinkalicious" loves pink. She eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink, which she is thinks is simply beautiful then red, which is less than favorable. She eats her vegetables to turn alleviate her pain. In the meantime, her little brother is envious and devours the last one, then turns pink too. It is a ...
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Love,
Jessica