Baking Day and Other Christmas Preparations

Phew! What a busy couple of days it has been! I'm glad to finally have a moment to sit down and post some pictures for all of you.

Thanksgiving was great. Dad and Aunt Mary did a great job with the meal and we all really enjoyed being together. I ate too much, but that's a whole different story. I managed to get a few pictures yesterday...here they are.

"Can you please pass the turkey?"

Pap and I fooling around with the camera!

Today was "Baking Day" at our house. Earl had to work and since that left me with the kids all day we decided to stay close to home and do some baking. In the past I've not been much of a baker, but my new kitchen lends itself well to cooking in general. McKenna and I planned to stay in out sweat pants all day and bake, bake, bake. However, as most of us know, plans change. I ended up taking McKenna to the doctor first thing in the morning for a cough that's been lingering. That took up most of the morning. But after a quick lunch, we were back on track. I was really hoping that Cooper would take a nice long nap, but again...plans change! We all had a blast.

Take note to how much powdered sugar is NOT in the bowl!

After dinner, Cooper and I packed up and headed for Toys R Us for a little shopping. We returned home, packages in hand just in time for The Polar Express. It's one of our favorite movies and definitely helped all of us to get into the Christmas spirit.

Tomorrow we're planning to go get our Christmas tree. Historically we always seem to pick the coldest day of the year, but I think tomorrow we should be safe. This year should be interesting as far as Cooper and the tree go. Last year he wasn't mobile so we didn't have to worry about him taking ornaments off the tree. I'm thinking this year we won't be so lucky.

I'm really hoping to get a lot of decorating done this weekend. Next weekend starts what I've been referring to as "the busy season". It starts with Nicki's wedding next weekend, then McKenna's birthday. We'll get a little breather before Christmas and a visit from Earl's family. I'm tired just thinking about it!

We'll it's past my bedtime and as I said, there's lots to do tomorrow. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday with your families.