Christmas

The girls had a great time of course.  Sufficiently spoiled.  Jia took the new events in stride.  She is such an easy going kid.  Gramma and Grampa got her a Cinderella ride on car, that is such a hit that she sat on it for lunch and then again this morning for breakfast.  Funny stuff.  Lili and Fei got Wii and several games so I don't think we'll see much of them for a few days.  We did manage to get a new TV (Samsung, 42" plasma).  The girls are thrilled.  They weren't thrilled with shopping for a TV but now that they have the Wii and it makes sense they are.  My parents slept over Christmas Eve, I think they were hoping the girls would get up early and be super excited.  Nope, they slept until 8:30!!  All three of them.  We normally make them eat breakfast before we start but after they did socks and the baby was doing so great, we figured we'd just keep going.  In the afternoon we took off to the city to have dinner at the Gardens with friends.  We've never gone out for Christmas dinner before.  Nice to not be cooking!  Eric had the turkey which he said was OK, the girls and I had regular menu stuff.  The lights were fabulous and the rain held off while we were there and started to drizzle as we were leaving.  Lucked out.  We bought our seasons pass and it's good for Christmas day next year.  It was such a nice way to end the day that there is a distinct possibility we'll do that again.   Jia did great.  No fussing at all.  She loved watching the brass band and the carolers. 

Now I have the beginning of a cold, ugh, Jia too.  We're going to a pantomime tomorrow.  We've been going to one the week after Christmas since the girls were really little.  I'm really looking forward to seeing Jia's reactions to everyone booing the bad guy!!  Then we're home to make cupcakes for Jia's 1st Birthday!  Wow, did that ever come up fast!  We're hoping everyone remembers the party.  It's a busy time of year.