Europe for three months, no, just Whistler for 4 days but given that we are going skiing we have a mountain of luggage. I will spare you pictures as I'm sure you can imagine what it takes to go away for the weekend with two little ones! Suitcase for Gracie, suitcase for Lulu, bag for Wendy, bag for Paul, diaper bag for Lulu, bag of toys for both girls, bag of Gracie and Lulu's winter outdoor wear, bag of gear for Paul and Wendy, carseat, bag of snacks for the drive, snowboards, purse and finally... us! It will be so much fun, we are so excited! Stay tuned for pictures! We are off tomorrow and home on Sunday. Happy New Year everyone!
This weekend in pictures
Saturday Paul went snowboarding and Gracie went to Rose's house for a play date and obviously had a fantastic time! Sunday Paul took Gracie down to the Seattle Xmas lights and carousel. They had a blast. I kept Lulu home becuase she was feeling sick and was super grumpy! Friday we went to John and Karlie's for Thai and they gave Gracie a little My Little Pony Party Bus which Gracie has played with every second since getting it! Uncle Pete, Aunt Bridget and Maeve gave Gracie a much desired Sleeping Beauty dress which she just adores!
Christmas presents list
Hi there, I have decided to share what all the Santas of the world delivered to our house for Christmas. I am horrified to admit that at one point Gracie had unwrapped gifts without telling me - horror- and I may have some presents mixed up. PLEASE tell me if I have gotten any of them wrong!
Seattle Santa
Gracie got skates, a skating dress, a light bright, princess Polly pockets, an Ariel Wedding barbie, a princess movie, many little stocking stuffers, building blocks
Lucy - a sing-along-stage, a huge caterpillar, a Baby Einstein DVD, a jammy outfit, building blocks, a seahorse glowworm thing, rattles,
Lunenburg Santa
Gracie - stocking full of great little things, a green shirt, ornament, pink tights with dots, the Nutcracker and a dress to wear,
Lucy - stocking, green shirt matching Gracie's, green tights, tights matching Gracie's, little truck, striped heavy one piece outdoor suit, dress
Paul - two great shirts, a subscription to the Seattle PI newspaper,
Wendy - chef's knife, headband, knitted hat, book of crosswords, ribbon candy
Clifton Santa
Gracie - book ( a tale about a spider and an angel and a Christmas tree) a baggy full of goodies, Highlights magazine subscription, sailboat ornament, doll puppet
Lucy - rolling ball, The night before Christmas book,
Paul - framed picture of a cover of the Saturday Evening Post of a pitcher and umpire, pepper jelly
Wendy - toiletries, socks, Women's day subscription,
Madagascar Santa
Gracie - a lemur in the wilds of Mada! A little dolly,
Lucy - lemur , stuffed lemur, little dolly,
Paul - a beautiful table cloth and napkins
Wendy - toilet bag
Olivuzzo Santa
Lucy - sweet embroidered slippers, Peter the rabbit bowl
Gracie - a great book by Anna Pavlova about dreaming of becoming a ballerina, with matching CD and dolly! Princess Sticker book
Paul - plate for serving stuffed seal for cleaning the computer
Wendy - note paper
Aunt June Santa
matching sweaters for Gracie and Lucy (see pics on the blog) and a cloth bag for making baked potatoes, yummy!
Denton Santa
Gracie - Ballerina barbie, a book " Alice the Fairy" - a great book! Dress for the barbie
Lucy - a book about Christmas
Dennis and Doris House Santa
Gracie - a necklace making kit
Lucy - a sweet elephant on wheels
Fort Collins Santa - yet to be opened but something fabulous I am sure!
If I have missed something it is just because I may have not thought of it right now but thank you to ALL of you for your generosity and thoughtfulness and for making Gracie and Lucy's Christmas amazing!
Christmas day Mayhem
Ah - the joy of discovering Santa made it! Christmas morning I woke up when Lulu woke, she had her Christmas bottle then I was in the kitchen when I heard the telltale squeak of Gracie's door cracking open.I hid so I could watch her and I followed her into the living room where she stood for a minute taking it all in and then jabbed her arms in the air silently and did a little dance! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! Then Gracie and Lucy opened their stockings and then presents! Thank you to all of you for your lovely and wonderful and oh so appropriate gifts! We all had a lovely time opening and playing with terrific gifts! Lucy - of course - although surrounded by a bevy of new toys found the wrapping paper from Madagascar the most fun of all until we discovered the gold ink was staining her face and she was choking on the ribbons. We had to take it away despite her high pitched protests. Then we went and had a fabulous and delicious roast beef at Rob and Carole's and the kids had a great time playing until 8:30 hit and they had the traditional Christmas overload melt downs! Tonight we are going to dinner at John and Karlie's and we will probably order pizza or Thai as we are all cooked out from the festivities! Santa brought Paul new snowboarding boots so he is going tomorrow to try them out with some friends and Gracie will have a play date with her new best friend Rose. I will keep Lucy home and try to get her caught up on some much needed sleep! Happy Holidays to all and so many thank yous for all the lovely presents and packaging and so thoughtful presents! We are indeed so lucky to have such generous family and friends who were so thoughtful and fun with their presents!
So much fun in the snow
We are having such a blast with the foot of snow we got I just can't stop posting pics! I really don't know who is sweeter in their winter gear, Gracie in the sweet pink hat or Lucy with the rosy cheeks and looking like a big pink snowball!
Wonderful Wintery Weekend
A gorgeous snowfall tops off the great weekend. The snow started yesterday while Gracie and I were at the Nutcracker and this morning we all took off like little kids for a great morning of sledding at Gas Works park. Paul even took Lulu for her first sled ride and she loved it. i think she will be a daredevil, just like her older sister!
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