Morgan loved Christmas this year and was the perfect age to enjoy all the excitment. We started a few traditions such as reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas," leaving special cookies for Santa that we made ourselves (honey drops rolled in powdered sugar) & carrots for the reindeer and singing Christmas carols on the way to school each day. Her big gift from Santa this year was her kitchen set...but perhaps her favorite gift was the Dr.'s kit from Mommy and Daddy.
While in Chicago we had our big Christmas dinner with the entire Reineke family. We also had some time to just hang out and relax.
But not too much R&R...over the next few days we also fit in a number of fun activities including the zoo, building a gingerbread house, eating at all sorts of places (the picture above is us eating cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory), swimming in the hotel pool (Morgan is becoming quite the little swimmer!), playdate with Noah and Fred (FL7 - Philie and Abby's older boys) at Monkey Bizness, and seeing the new Harry Potter movie.
Then before we knew it, it was time to hit the road again...with a quick stop at our friends the Klopfensteins...making it home just it time for New Year's. HAPPY 2011 EVERYONE! :) Wishing you all the best in the new year.
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