So…we’re back in action. It was a bit of a whirlwind weekend, but I think we are up to task for this week.

I won’t say it is “cold” here (since I already get called on that as it is — yes, my blood has thinned!) and Ems is modeling her winter gear above because we were just leaving the ice skating rink, BUT…it is chilly around these parts! And I am loving it. It really feels winter-y! Sweater and scarf weather. And it is definitely helpful with the holiday spirit front. But when we had a few really chilly nights (low 50s/high 40s) and our heater wasn’t working last week, that was not so fun to wake up to.

The Daisy troop didn’t seem to mind the cold. We had an ice skating outing on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. The girls all did pretty well – many of them were on skates for the very first time. I was proud of all of them for fearlessly flinging themselves around on the ice. We all know how hard the first time (and sometimes only time – right Papa?) on skates is. I didn’t get any photos – but I know J. did. So I’ll have to sneak onto his camera and see if he got any good ones.

Let’s see. What else rounded out our weekend? My mind is still a little foggy – I think from exhaustion. Friend Jamie and I also had the Holiday Boutique on Friday night and did really well – I’m sure I can lump that wrap-up into Crafty Tuesday somehow. Emma sang in church this morning. Daddy and Addie were talked into being our surprise “star guests” in the Christmas pageant by our director. We had a birthday party. A date night out – where we were both kind of tired so we never even made it to a movie – but it was nice to shop and have a dinner with just the two of us. And somewhere in the middle of all of that we managed to finish our holiday decorating and get the two Christmas trees up. It was busy, but all very, very good.

Although I think Daddy is looking forward to traveling this week, to get a little bit of peace and a rest for his back.