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| Dinner at El Rio |
Drew went off at 5:00 AM, with a trailer, to pick up a lawn mower from his parents house in Lexington, VA, about two and a half hours from here. He should be back by 1:00 so he can watch the Kansas City Chiefs game. It's dark still as I got up around 6:00 to a quiet house; let's hope the girls sleep in for awhile as they could use it. It's been a busy few days for them.
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| Drew and Jill with Drew's brother, Colin |
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| More Cookies |
Yesterday, we hung out here at home, as Drew made about ten batches of cookies, with Evie's help, Jill wrapped presents, and I sat around reading, kibitzing, helping when needed, and took the dog for a walk. The big event was the changing around of Hayden's room, a big change for her, as she loves her room and it's immaculate most of the time. But she talked with her Dad and he mentioned that he used to change his room around when he was a boy which gave her the idea. So, everyone helped rearrange it and she ended up quite happy, I think. Everything has it's place and its filled with books and things she's collected over the past 11 years. It's amazing how colorful and stylish all my granddaughters rooms are, so different from my room when I was young, or my sister's, which were functional and plain, basically a bed and desk and dresser and if you were lucky, it was painted once during your first 18 years. Now kids pick out colors, bed spreads, curtains, desks, wall hangings, and the rooms look like something out of Pottery Barn. I have to admit they are attractive and the girls love them.
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| Coco |
We went out for Mexican for dinner at El Rio's, a restaurant about five minutes away; it was busy and quite good, lots of choices and cold beer and icy margaritas. After dinner we stopped at Hayden's new favorite spot, Zynga I think it's called. It's a frozen yogurt take off on Coldstones, quite unique. There are eight or nine self serve choices. You grab a bowl, fill it with the frozen yogurt of your choice then top it with a myriad of choices, almost anything you can think of. When done, take it to the cash register, weigh it and pay it and then enjoy it. The girls love it. We got them to go and then drove around the various neighborhoods looking at lights for about a half hour. By the time we got home, the girls were tired, I told them a 'bad boy story,' and they went to bed easily. We adults sat around with our computes and Ipads occasionally talking, watching a bit of TV and went to bed early as we were tired from the day.
It's colder today though it won't snow, perhaps a bit of rain. No big plans, just enjoy the girls, make sure everything is ready for tomorrow, especially Christmas dinner, and enjoy the moment as it were. It's hard to do if you are a little girl and tomorrow is Christmas!
Finally, a picture of Coco.
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