Weekend Wrap-Up

Sigh.

5 days off went way too fast.

We are back to Sunday night before a crazy 3 week push til winter break. 

The weekend was as lovely as our Thanksgiving week.

Saturday

Callie and I went to the fancily decorated Bachman's house with
G-ma, Auntie Cat, Hanna, Nana and Aunt Jeanne.  Then we all had lunch
at Backman's with Papa.  It was a fun morning, though taking an
almost 5-year-old into a house with a lot of breakables wasn't
my best idea.



Because...the energy.  Is boundless.



After Bachman's we hung out at G-ma and G-pa's house and
did some impromptu knitting while the girls were playing with Pa.

And then we headed over to the condo for some playtime with Boom and Bops.

Sunday

 Maya and I got a lot of Christmas shopping done in the morning. 
She was a trooper and let me bring her to four different stores without putting up a fight. 
Though by the end she refused to sit down in her car seat.
Later on we had more playtime at G-ma and G-pa's.

I found this cute craft online, so Callie and I made "icicles" out of beads and
pipe cleaners.  We have them hanging on our front window.

This girl loves her doggy.

And I'll leave you with an ELF ON THE SHELF update every Sunday in December.  Those elves we have are pretty fun!  They fly to the North Pole EVERY NIGHT and come back in the morning to a new spot in our house.  They love Cheerios, they only talk to Mommy (who has to then tell everyone what they say...coincidentally they are often napping), and you can't touch them or they lose their magic. 

On the front table..................in the stockings...................by the chalkboard

This time of year is super magical and it is so fun to watch it through the eyes of little ones.