Saturday night we had our company holiday party. It was a good time had by all. It was amazing that we had most of the staff in one place at one time! We were only missing 2 staff members and 1 contractor, so not too shabby! We went to a local Italian restaurant and ate and ate and ate. My office assistant has a daughter a year older than Courtney and a daughter a year younger than Courtney. When Courtney took swim lessons over the summer, the older girl was in her class, so Courtney knows her already. Plus we try to get the girls together occasionally. Once we and they were at the party, Courtney migrated right to them. She colored with them, and danced to the music with them. She had a great time. It ended up being a late night for her, but she did well.
The next day we put a turkey breast on the smoker, my favorite. And we invited some friends over for dinner. So that night we had 5 adults and 3 kids at our dinner table. Kinsey and Hailey joined Courtney at the “kids table” we added onto our dinner table. We all ate a great dinner and the girls all played really well together!
Monday night we let Courtney stay up late (just an hour past her usual bedtime) and watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas special. She loved Snoopy. When Snoopy was not on screen she kept asking “where’s Snoopy?”
Tuesday we started our Christmas baking. Courtney helped of course, and she thought that was fun. She got to stir. We didn’t get much done that night other than the actual baking of the cookies.
Wednesday night we frosted and decorated the cookies we had baked the day before. She and Daddy had a great time doing that. She also enjoyed being our frosting tester, since we made homemade frosting too.
Thursday I sent some of the cookies she had made in her lunch. The teachers said she was pretty excited when she saw them in her lunch the next day. We also brought some for her teachers. They said they enjoyed eating them too. We used an Alton Brown recipe and everyone was commenting on how yummy the cookies turned out. We took all the leftovers to work on Thursday where they were devoured.
Thursday night Courtney’s school was having a parents’ appreciation dinner. It was supposed to start at 4pm. When we arrived about 4:20pm there wasn’t much going on. We waited around about 15 minutes and there still wasn’t really much going on, and Courtney asked to go home, so we did. We hadn’t planned on eating at home that night, so we ordered Chinese on our way home.
After dinner, it was My Gym night. There was a LOT of kids in her class. For the holiday season they opened it up so that you can anyone can attend any classes. Usually you have your class you are scheduled for and you stick to that one. But because everyone’s holiday schedule is so crazy they open up the scheduled and restrictions which I am guessing is why there were so many kids in the class. Courtney had a blast running around and playing on the equipment. And she enjoyed the little activities they brought out for the kids to play with. But for some odd reason, her favorite thing to do is help clean up and put away things. Now if we could only get her to do that at home, too!
Courtney certainly knows who Santa is this year. She can spot him a mile away. She spotted him one night on top of a pole at a Christmas tree lot we were driving by! And anyone who may even resemble Santa is classified as Santa. We weren’t planning on taking her to sit on Santa’s lap this year, thinking she is still a bit too young, but we have decided that we were going to do it. She is just enthralled by him. Of course she doesn’t understand what his job is or that he brings presents, but she certainly likes him! So, last night we took her to the mall. We arrived right at 5pm, which apparently is Santa’s dinner time, and he was on break until 6pm. So, we went and ate dinner at the food court. Once we were done, I went and got in line while Courtney and Hubby walked around the mall.
Finally Santa arrived. And finally, it was her turn. For about the first 2 seconds she was on his lap she had that look of “I am gonna cry!”, but thankfully it faded and she was just kind of there. It took 3 tires before she somewhat smiled for a picture, but even the best picture is kind of a half hearted one! But then Santa gave her a book and all was right with the world. THEN Santa was a good guy. Then she was willing to talk to him.
Hubby was kind enough to prep her about what she wanted for Christmas. So, when Santa asked her what she wanted for Christmas, she said “a pony”. Aww, how cute. Doesn’t every little girl want a pony? Of course on the way home she then wanted to know where her pony was. Hubby got to explain that the pony was on the farm. And since he prepped her with the “I want a Pony for Christmas”, he can also diffuse any pony situations that may arise.
Update on my schooling, I got a 97% on my last test!!! And thanks to the fact that I didn’t miss a single class I got enough extra credit points to put my grade to an A+!!!! Next I am taking Legal Environment of Business. I am looking forward to this class, but I am taking it online since I am due in the middle of the semester. I am worried how I will do with motivation; I have never taken an online class for that purpose. But who knows, maybe I will love it and end up taking more online classes!
Tomorrow Hubby and I are taking Courtney to Nana and Papa’s house. After leaving her there, which is never a problem, she practically pushes us out the door (I wonder what goes on when we aren’t around?), we are going to do some Christmas shopping for her. I have no idea what we are going to get her, but I can tell you it won’t be a pony. (Although I wouldn’t mind having a pony, it’s against our HOA rules.) But this way Hubby and I can take some time to find her some good gifts.
Well, it’s bed time! Night all!
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