Christmas was a hit. I enjoyed decorating,listening to Christmas music, and driving around looking at Christmas lights. Naomi comments about the lights saying in the sweetest little voice "So pretty Mommy".
This was our first Christmas doing it on our own. I have taken for granted all the work that went into giving us a nice Christmas. For example. Christmas morning breakfast at Richard's parents house is always a feast, while my attempt at a feast consisted of cheap pastries. When it comes to Christmas, I still have so much to learn from Cindy.
Although I have tried my best to keep Levi uninterested in Star Wars, I knew the day would come that I would found myself on Christmas eve night sewing him a Darth Vader Cape. He loved it, so I guess I can deal with The Star Wars phase.
Richard got me a little statue of the St. Louis arch. If I am ever going to be an old lady NOW is the time to start collecting figurines for my future china hutch.
We went up to the top of the arch, which was actually a very scary experience. You get locked in a tiny over heated pod. The claustrophobia sets in, right before reaching the top, at which point the fear of heights takes over..
I got Richard an iphone 5. Now I feel I am in a polygamist relationship, with Serie as my sister wife. He used to ask me questions like "what restaurant do you want to go to" or "what way should we go". The other night we had a concern about Levi, instead of discussing it only with me, he had the audacity to ask Serie to check the web. I hate my sister wife. She tells my husband, I mean our husband where to eat, how to get there and how to raise Levi. And the way she keeps calm when I say I hate you to her really annoys me. She replies with a surprised "Did I do something wrong?". When it comes to cell phone for myself, my policy is if flips, dials, and is free with a new contract than it is going home with me to get nestled into my gold fish cracker invested purse.
The upside to having a phone for a sister wife is after Christmas she navigated us to Chicago. We spent a few days there and had a great time. We visited the Shedd aquarium. I really enjoyed how interactive it was. Information was easy to understand and interesting The kids enjoyed the Christmas show with Santa and dolphins. The penguins were perhaps their favorite part
Our hotel was on the Magnificent Mile (which we are too poor to fully enjoy). It was beautifully lite up with just trace amounts of snow still on the ground. It was mighty brisk!
We had a great trip, it was nice to get away from home and have the energy of a big city. Naomi loved to beep along with the horns of the taxis. Richard and I were able sneak away one night on our own while Emily watched the kids. My favorite part of the trip was getting to spend an afternoon with my niece Hope, free of my children.
Because I still think of her as little Hope, and yet she is taller than me. I get some strange looks when I am out in public with her. I say things like "Come here sweet girl" or "No, you cannot get a soda". It looks like I am talking down to her. On our excursion she made Richy and I laugh, telling us about how much she love Panda Express (Yuck).
When Levi was 2, on his own he called Hope Oprah (I swear I am not racist). Here is little Oprah I in front of the Oprah studios.
Upon arriving at home, it was time to ring in the new year. We played games.
And Richard, Levi, Naomi, and I danced in what my sister dubbed years ago as "Dunns after dark". Several times a year we break out into a dance party. The music Richy selects is edited hip hop and rap, we would not normally listen to this.
Why is your family so much cuter and more fun than mine? Palmkeys after dark involves separately surfing the internet and eating M&Ms. It is pretty wild. I felt like the Shedd aquarium was really misleading because ti is actually really spacious and not shedlike at all. Did you see the sea dragons? they are my favorite part.
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