. . . you’re too busy to take pictures!
Party season is in full swing as we wind up the year and
celebrate the Yuletide. We got so caught up in the festivities that we forgot
to take pictures. Then some of us got sick. Here’s hoping words will suffice.
Mike had his last classes of the semester on Tuesday. Now
for grading. . . .
On Wednesday, Hallie dropped Eliza off at gymnastics, and
she was hoping to go buy supplies for the crafts for the kids’ class Christmas
parties until she realized that she had left her wallet at home. Bummer.
So, after working with a student in Oxnard, Mike helped
Hallie out by going shopping for some of the elements we needed. In the
meantime, while Landon was at gymnastics, Hallie ran errands with Eliza which
included stopping off at the Maygren/Hopkins house where Eliza helped Uncle
Shad and Cru put up Christmas lights on the house. She loved going up the ladder
even in the rain. Hallie went with Carly, Sawyer, and Finnley to Costco, where
the girls behaved so well. It is fun being the aunt to little ones. After
leaving Thousand Oaks, Hallie and Eliza stopped by Ross for a last chance effort
to find pajamas for Mom for the next day of fun at school. We walked in, found
the pajama area, and discovered that Ross had one pair in Hallie’s size. Hallie
tried it on for good measure and was so excited that a Large fit. “What a great
benefit of losing 92 pounds!” Hallie exclaimed.
Realizing a bit late that a fair amount of prep work would
need to happen if we were to get the projects completed in a timely manner in
class, we ended up staying up really late (for us) gluing and pre-packaging the
materials. We made hot cocoa mix reindeer heads, glass globe reindeer, and
reindeer food, and clothespin snowflakes. Perhaps we should have stuck with the
reindeer theme because the clothespins were a lot of work!
Friday’s theme was all about mornings. At Las Posas, we had
Pajama Day. We all wore our pajamas to school. We’re so than
We didn’t have a lot of time to rest after the parties
before we were back on the road, this time to meet up with cousins at a Primary
Christmas party in Thousand Oaks. They served breakfast, so we (still in
pajamas from school) were dressed exactly right for the occasion! Grandma and
Grandpa O. dropped Alie off so she could participate and also get the chance to
stay overnight with us.
Eliza woke up crabby on Saturday, so we kept her home from
gymnastics. She took a long nap in the morning, got a burst of energy that she
used to help Mike hang up Christmas lights (yay! More ladder climbing! Up to the
roof this time!), and then played cuddle-up-to-Mike and fell asleep again until
Hallie and Landon got back from gymnastics and dropping Alie back off at home. For
the rest of the day, Eliza cuddled up to Hallie. This may explain why Hallie
started feeling under the weather by evening.
Mike and Landon went to the ward Christmas party in the
evening. Earlier in the day, Mike had been asked to participate in the program
by reading the story Trouble
at the Inn by Dina Donahue. He managed to hold it together through the
treading (it’s a tender tale).
We all stayed home sick or looking after the sick today.
Maybe all that partying finally caught up to us!
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