We had a nice time at Carolyn's house yesterday, Sunday, Dec. 25. Carolyn's daughter-in-law Regina made a fantastic 3 layer red velvet cake. I had two small slices of it and a very small slice of coconut cake. Linda made me some vegetarian collard greens which were really good too. Cleo ate roast beef, fruity Lifesavers, and salty pretzels dipped in white chocolate (Regina makes the pretzels & gave them out last year too - they're a nice combination of sweet and salty). When asked if she wanted to eat something, Cleo asked if they had steak or BBQ chicken on the bone. She was so specific. She settled for the roast beef. She isn't a baked sweets person; she really likes candy. Sidney ate some very moist tasty corn bread and key lime layer cake. Cleo enjoyed playing with Jajarra, Regina's grand-daughter. Jajarra turned 4 in January so she and Cleo are the same age. Sidney enjoyed playing with Anthony, Carolyn's great-grandson. He's 9 and is an excellent little dancer. Anthony re-enacted Justin Bieber's dance in the "Baby" video. Sidney was trying to do the dance too. Beyond cute.
Last night, we got home around 9pm. Cleo and I slept in the same bed last night and we watched the last half hour of Shrek 3 - it ended at 10pm at which time we went to bed. Sidney and Roger slept in the same bed last night and they went to bed around 9:40pm. Roger and I take turns putting the kids to bed. Cleo enjoyed the movie. I was nodding off because I was tired. Roger and I were up until 1am on Xmas eve acting as Santa's elves. Sidney was up by 7am on Xmas morning so I had less sleep than I was used to. Cleo and Sidney let us sleep until 8am this morning so I had a solid 10 hours of sleep! Amazing, I know.
This morning, Roger and I took Cleo and Sidney post-Xmas shopping. We got some lights for the house for next year - the bigger bulbs that were popular when Roger and I were kids. We also got some snow flakes on metal sticks to stick into the ground along the walkway leading to our house. We got a metal reindeer holding a sign saying something about Merry Xmas to stick into our lawn next year. We got a light up snowman and a light up santa holding a little wand with a gold star on the top. I was looking for a light up penguin and a light up Rudolph but didn't find them. We went to Target, Hobby Lobby and Walmart. A lot of the stuff was picked over but we were lucky to get some cute things. Everything was 50% off. For the most part the kids were well-behaved. It's always a challenge to shop with Sidney because he refuses to sit in the cart seat. He was better today than he is when we go food shopping in Atlanta.
Today, Linda is having family and friends over for a holiday gathering. The house is getting spruced up while Cleo and Sidney are napping. Cleo is very excited and all morning she kept commenting on how she needs to pick out an outfit for the "family feast." When they get up, we will give them lunch, then maybe take them to a little playground in Linda's complex, then a bath. It's around 70 degrees here today, maybe hotter, and very sunny.
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