Thursday, December 17, 2015

"grand(s) party"

The past couple of years.. I have had a little Christmas party just for the "kids".. both the big ones and the little ones. I'm not sure how long we can keep this idea going, Abi being in real school now makes these kinds of things harder to do. But, this year, Sadie "snuck" her out of school so we could have our special day. I had a few projects for Abi... one, being catch up my Christmas calendar....
And the second.. help me finish decorating our tree....


As we have done in the past... a special lunch and presents.. but that comes after the "adventure"..

We did this last year too... made a run over to Stonewall Kitchens where the Moms got to shop for items while I entertained the grands....

It's a fun trip for Kass and Sadie, because running households.. they don't spend money of this sort on themselves.. and I think it's always nice to have special things to cook with at the holidays... they picked out all kinds of fancy sauces and some special mixes... and it's a Christmas gift that they can choose for themselves... though if I did pick things out, you can hardly go wrong...

The doggie  bed that I "won" at the auction was a big hit!!!!


Now its time for early presents and some spoiling... (candy before lunch!!!)


Because I like them so much and have quite a wonderful collection.. I have made a point of getting the grands their own Christmas ornament each year. And hopefully, when they are all grown and have their own trees, they will have their collection to place on it. What's fun is I try and find something that they're interested in and as they grown and interests change so will the ornaments.... Probably not the most exciting present to get right now, but one day I think they will appreciate them.

I was also able to find one of my favorite Christmas books which is now out of print. The book is the Night before Christmas.. which is easy to find, but the one I really wanted them both to have is the one illustrated by Tasha Tudor.... I found two in very nice shape and so they each have a copy....


The Mommies got ornaments too....



Then we had a nice lunch... took a walk about the farm.. (with the temps in the 40's!!!) and just had a wonderful time all together.... I do hope I can keep this going for awhile.. but I know how busy kids get when they get older, so we'll just do the best we can...