December 21, 2006

  • The First Annual Christmas Shopping Extravaganza is over.

    And I'm pretty sure I survived it. 

    Not positive, mind....the jury's still out....but still, fairly confidant. 

    The gala occasion - such as it was - began yesterday, when Jessica dropped Brianna off about 1:45.  She taught me to play the dreidel game (which is a darn good game, too...no wonder it's stayed popular all these years), and I taught her how to spin a top.

    Amazing how kids today cannot manage a simple task such as spinning a top (which is all a dreidel is, of course).  Being the geezerette I am it gave me no trouble at all, and I set it merrily spinning on the dining room table time after time.  After a fair amount of practice Brianna finally began to get the hang of it.

    About 4 p.m. Bethany showed up, having been to the Children's Museum for a party:

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    Should have seen me trying to get that paint off in the bathtub later.  After getting the girls to bed, Alex called to see about working on the webcam for Sunday evening, so they were permitted to get back up to say hello to their uncle:

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    Last night we were using Yahoo! Messenger as the webcam program and except for disconnecting every minute or so it worked pretty well.  Not smooth, but still...we managed.  Got to see precious Hannah and Beth, too!  

    At 10 a.m. Elaine dropped Meredith off, and away we went to University Village (or whatever it's called).  First stop was the Barnes and Noble:



    While Meredith searched for a present for Margaret, I spotted the other two settled down to take advantage of their surroundings:




    After the book store we stopped into to poke around The Pottery Barn, then Williams-Sonoma and The Gap.  What the girls most enjoyed, though, was just being together on a gorgeous day:



    After this we went to have lunch - courtesy of Elaine, thanks so much, E-B! - at Café Express, where it was baked potatoes all around:



    On Saturday is the second part of the Christmas activities, when the above plus two of their siblings (Margaret and Benjamin) will come over for a bit for a Christmas craft party.  Guess I'd better really get to work deciding what they'll do, exactly. 

Comments (5)

  • Sounds awesome, Mama.  That stuff is exactly why I need to get Hannah back home.

  • If y'all are home for Christmas next year she'll be old enough (barely, but we'll make an exception for her ) to participate in the craft party, and by the time y'all leave Japan she should be old enough to go on the Shopping Extravaganza. It'll work out swimmingly...you'll see!

  • Great pics! Looks like y'all had a blast. I absolutely love places that have an area for kids. Half Priced Books does in a few of their stores. The flagship store here on Northwest Hwy has a good sized kid-friendly area. Makes shopping so much easier. Hope your season is happy and all warm and fuzzy! Hugs..Tim

  • You're just an awesome aunt and sister! Thank you so much for taking Meredith shopping. She's so excited about the gifts she bought. She kept wanting me to open one of the presents last night. Tomorrow will be fun as well! (For the kids anyway...I can't promise about you).

  • I think [wink] you'll be pleased [wink, wink] with the gifts she carefully chose [wink, wink, WINK] for you.

    And tomorrow'll be lots of good fun!

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