We had an absolutely lovely Thanksgiving with our families despite me being sick with a horrid cold all week. My mom had a great idea this year, and brought gingerbread houses for each of the girls to decorate as our post-Thanksgiving dinner activity. The girls loved decorating while Dads and Grandpa slept and watched football.
We usually decorate gingerbread houses at some point during the Christmas season, but this worked out perfectly. I have a feeling that this will become a new tradition!
Our Christmas season has been fairly low-key. My mom took all of the grandgirls to see Mary Poppins on stage. It was a fun day for sure! Claire and Meredith have been running all of the Advent activities in our house this year. It's been a nice break for me, and they have been enjoying being in charge. They are getting so competent in so many ways. I just love it!
This week has brought on a bought of sickness from a couple of kiddos in our house, but what's new? This is the week each and every year that someone tosses their cookies in my house. We always host a large Christmas party for our friends on the Friday before Christmas, and each year someone is puking. I fear those germs every year, but our friends continue to come back! They must not be getting too sick from being here. :)
In other exciting news, my new refrigerator arrived yesterday! Our old one has not been able to hold an appropriate temperature in the freezer or refrigerator for months (consistently 5-10 degrees warmer than it should be). It has an unacceptable amount of moisture in it always, and despite cleaning it over and over again, I can't get the mold to stay away. It truly disgusts me beyond what you can imagine. The old one is a side by side and barely has room to put anything like a cookie sheet or a casserole dish. I have hated it for years and have often wished that I could have back my old refrigerator from our other house that we purchased at a garage sale for $35. It was old and ugly, but it worked beautifully.
I wanted to hug the delivery guys yesterday morning when they arrived. I loaded it with our food and am amazed at the additional amount of space that I have a available. Our new fridge has the french style doors at the top with the freezer at the bottom. I have an entire shelf in the middle that has nothing on it!! The usable space is lovely. Feeling so blessed today as I get ready to eat my cereal with COLD milk. :)
In house news, the drywallers are finishing up this week in our addition! So excited about that. Josh is taking the week off between Christmas and the New Year to work on getting some things completed. Our new driveway is completely done, and things are definitely moving in the right direction. We are getting so close to parking in the garage!! I am giddy.
I'm sure there is more, but that's all I've got for now. I hope all of you are having a nice Christmas season! Hugs to everyone!
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