We celebrated Christmas early on Dec. 22 when Cleo and Sidney got home from school. They were very excited about their toys, books and clothes. Sidney especially liked a few train toys and a motorized orange car. Cleo loved a personalized rag doll that we ordered from Walmart.com. It has a purple dress and "Cleo" embroidered on the bottom of the dress. They both loved their vtech Innotab touch kiddie iPad-like toys. We got them both pillow pets too - Percy for Sidney and Cinderella for Cleo.
We left on Dec. 23 at 7:30am for Jacksonville. We got to Jacksonville around 1:00pm. Linda and Robin are a little sick but still worked super hard to make the holiday special. Dec. 24 I took Linda shopping for her remaining gifts. We were out 8:30am to 4:15pm. It was fun and tiring. It was nice to spend the day with Linda. It's rare that we get to spend time alone together just me and her.
Christmas Eve Robin coordinated decorating gingerbread trains and Roger coordinated making cookies for Santa.
Cleo, Kaelin and Sidney had a great time together. Cleo eventually tires of the "little" kids and sits on the couch and plays her Innotab but then rejoins Sidney and Kaelin once she's spent enough time alone doing her own thing.
Rodney's (Roger's older brother) daughter, Kym, may come over one day this week. Cleo, Sidney and I have never met her. She's in her 20s.
Today, once the kids get up from their naps, we are going to Linda's friend Carolyn's house. It's where we go every Christmas Day. Carolyn always has lots of cakes. My particular favorites are the chocolate layer cake and the coconut layer cake. I take slices of both and eat them together. I have planned out what I will eat so that I stay within my Weight Watchers Points Plus daily allotment.
Tomorrow, Dec. 26, Linda and Robin are cooking and having people over. They do this so that we don't have to drive all over to see everyone. There are some people who will not be able to make it to the party and we will
go visit them at some point this week.
Dec. 27, Roger's cousin Tiffany is having all of us over for dinner. I really like her. She's in her 30s. She's married and has 2 great daughters who are 6, Raven, and 12, Kayla. Cleo plays really well with the two girls.
Dec. 28, Wednesday, I plan on attending a Weight Watchers meeting. There is one very close to Linda's house at 9:30am. Wednesday is my normal weigh-in day. I need the support right now.
I read a lot of Moneyball by Michael Lewis on the way down on my Kindle. I am really enjoying the book so far. I am also enjoying my Kindle. Michael Lewis also wrote the Blind Side - the movie that was made into a movie with Sandra Bullock. I will rent the Moneyball movie from the library when it comes out on DVD. I am already on the waiting list at the library for the Help (121st on the waiting list) and Bridesmaids (26th on the waiting list). I saw Bridesmaids but I want to see it again.
I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday.
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