It's the Holiday Season

I thought I better break down our holiday week into shorter posts, or our Week in Review might go on for another week. Last night (Sunday) we had dinner at my parents' with my mom's side of the family. My mom only has one brother, so our dinner table isn't too full with him, my aunt, their son, and his wife. Mom cooked roast and we all fixed yummy sides to go along with it. Avery, as you can imagine, was the star of the show. Everyone's jokes were so funny, and she just had to laugh right along with us. After getting her fill of dinner, she also enjoyed checking out things under the dinning room table.

While Avery was the star of the show, I was the butt of a joke. My family knows that I usually don't eat food if I don't know the person who made it. When the time came for dessert, I eagerly dug into my piece of sweet potato pie, thinking my aunt had made it. Halfway through, they broke the news that one of the residents of the retirement center where my dad works made the pie. Everybody got a good laugh out of the look on my face, but it was too late by then, so Avery and I finished the piece off.

Avery obviously doesn't make her 7:30 bedtime on these nights, so luckily she slept in this morning. This resulted in no morning nap, but that was ok since we had managed 2 yesterday after quite a production in the afternoon. After her rest in her bed this morning, we went out for a few errands. A little playtime before and after lunch was all we could manage since she was tired. She took a long nap, and I did nothing productive except make ANOTHER grocery list. I love to cook, but I'm thinking I may have taken on a little too much. Once Avery woke up we went to Walmart to get almost all the groceries and things we'll need for the week. This was of course after the $150 trip on Saturday.

After dinner tonight, we rode and looked at Christmas lights again. Ned turned Avery's seat around in his truck this weekend, and Avery seems to be enjoying the new perspective. I'm still deciding what to do with her in my car. Tonight she was more interested in the moon than the Christmas lights though. We could see the moon through the house window before dinner, and she loved pointing it out then pointing to the moon on her house. Once she went to bed, we wrapped a few presents and have enjoyed some warm cookies. There is football on the TV now, which I can't understand because I'm sure there is a Christmas movie somewhere.