Early holiday fun

Though the week started a little rough, all of us have been having a lot of fun these past few days. First of all, on Thursday, I finally found the playground that Amelia had been asking to visit for days. I had heard from both her and her dad that the park contained a big, red Clifford dog to play on. In my mind I pictured a giant, red slide shaped like Clifford, but the "big" red dog turned out to be only a rocking toy to sit on. I guess what matters is that Amelia finds it exciting.

Even more exciting to both girls than the plastic red dog is the fact that this park is right next to a fenced dog park. Amelia and Diana were extremely excited about watching the dogs run and play. It made me think about getting a family dog (I am still searching local pounds).


Today was "family portrait" day for all of us. We piled in the car around nine o'clock and rushed off to be photographed for this year's Christmas card. The photography session went much better than I had anticipated and both girls were very good.

After we ordered our photographs we all went out to lunch. We had some silly fun there as well.

This afternoon there was a Christmas season parade downtown. Amelia and Diana had a great time. Amelia got to pat a pony before the parade started. During the parade we saw a lot of horses, some goats, sheep, doggies, firetrucks, cheerleaders, a marching band, some local public officials...you name it! This was the girls' first parade and Amelia is already asking to see another one.

Mommy has already started on her Christmas shopping, too. I hate to rush around at the last minute, and I hate crowds. I am going to try to be finished with all of my Christmas cards and all of my shopping by December 10th. Wish me luck, everyone.

Lisa