Christmas Begins

I turned in my final grades last Friday and almost immediately started to prepare--really prepare--for the holidays. It included the following:

Shopping

My bags were heavy with wares from a trip to the outlet malls with my friend Kate

Wrapping

Baking

Yes, that's butter. Lots of butter.

And yes, those are dinosaur sprinkles. Merry Christmasaurus.

Eating

The Bûche de Noël at La Petite Creperie in Woodstock

The remains of Wyatt, the turkey, from our Friendsgiving (Trevor and I did not participate in the Wyatt consumption)

Crepes from Iguana Cafe

And hanging out with some fantastic people

Like some of my coworkers for our end-of-semester holiday feast...

This is where that log cake de noel came in.

Our Friendsgiving friends...

Cristen, mixing up some egg whites for homemade egg nog

Jayson, taking a picture before we sat down to eat

My awesome mentee Angelica...

Angelica with her presents before we hunkered down for some crepes

And family...

On Friday, I went with Mom and Bosco to check out the model train display at the Hancock Center.

Taking it all in...

Still taking it in..

We walked home from the Hancock and had some lunch before playing with some cool blocks. It was the perfect day.

Applesauce: the snack you eat right after lunch

Blocks!

 On Saturday the Power clan got together. Rae was able to fly in from Florida, but we missed Letty, who's been helping out in Atlanta for the last few weeks and only got back to FL yesterday. She'll stay at home for the holidays, but then go back to the TSA office in Atlanta until they can find a replacement (a replacement for Letty? impossible, so good luck, suckers).

Sadie ripping open her Ugg boots from Destiny

Sadie showing off her Girl PoWEr tee shirt from Auntie Rae and Auntie Letty

The cousins Sadie and Destiny--Sadie is in her final of four costume changes for the night

Angi with her new loud eyed baby Dora

Tonight we'll go over to Mom and Dad Bork's place to do some gift exchanges, and then to Sean and Angi Power's to hang out with them and Rae before she has to leave tomorrow. There will be more eating, drinking, and hanging out with our favorite people, and we'll be sure to take some pictures. But until then, Merry Christmas!