The shopping is mostly done, packages sent, cards addressed, and the work room is filled with wrapping carnage. The boys are playing endlessly with the presents under the tree in between trips outside to play in the snow- at least 4 on Sat. The girls are planning parties and excursions with their friends. Tonight, we go to see a community theater production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever- a classic!Kevin has been making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies-hello, Halloween is over!!!-, but the serious baking will begin tomorrow. Today we must complete that most traditional of holiday tasks- the building of a trebuchet for Coral's physics class-due Thurs. I'm off to Home Depot for materials for the project, and then to the fabric store for India. She is sewing a few gifts this year. I love handmade gifts and have let the busyness of life get in the way of making them for a number of years. Maybe India can help me return to the tradition.
The boys have been begging to make a gingerbread house. After dinner last night, we launched into it. They unwrapped all the candy, ate all the Sour-patch Kids, attached a few pieces of candy to the roof and walls and then abandoned my friend Diana and me to finish. We had a great time covering our hands in frosting and sugar and remembering the fabulous houses made by Lisa Gertch & her mother in CA. Ours is not on that level, but I think it's pretty.
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