We couldn't get Amelia to sit at the table for anything as she kept telling us that she wanted to go play upstairs with Georgia and Dada. She proceeded to spend our Christmas meal sitting on the stairs and crying. It was lovely background noise to our meal.
How do you finally get two little girls to behave themselves at the same time? Why of course you put them in front of their Grandma's cookie tray. Seeing how JuJu is infamous for her Christmas cookies there were plenty so the girls didn't have to worry about sharing which probably would have turned a lovely moment into a series of, "mine."
The grandkids (and us parents) were all good and spoiled. Amelia didn't waste any time getting to work on her new laptop and cell phone while wearing her new sweater.
How do you finally get two little girls to behave themselves at the same time? Why of course you put them in front of their Grandma's cookie tray. Seeing how JuJu is infamous for her Christmas cookies there were plenty so the girls didn't have to worry about sharing which probably would have turned a lovely moment into a series of, "mine."The grandkids (and us parents) were all good and spoiled. Amelia didn't waste any time getting to work on her new laptop and cell phone while wearing her new sweater. We woke up on Christmas Eve and hit the road to Kansas. It was a somewhat eventful drive and after eleven hours on the road in a snow storm, witnessing a spin out accident in front of us and seeing many cars in the ditch we arrived safely in Lawrence. Amelia really could not have been any better. I was expecting a road trip companion similar to LB but low and behold Amelia was happily entertained in her carseat the whole ride.
Of course Amelia spoiling didn't end when we left Illinois. The highlights of her Christmas in Lawrence were her grocery cart from GranAnn and bag of fishy crackers from Papa. She made it clear that the bag of fishies was hers. She was right as the present did have her name on it but you would think she could have shared a fish or two. Auntie M helped herself to A fish and got caught by Miss. MINE.
My mom was so sweet and had a friend show up dressed as Santa on Christmas morning and bring Amelia a keyboard. Amelia FREAKED out. She wailed, tried to climbed me and was an overall mess. This picture tells the story. It really was pretty hilarious.
The excessive sugar didn't end either when we left Illinois. I think we all ate a year's worth of sugar while in Kansas. Thank goodness my glucose test was before Christmas. I asked Amelia what her favorite part of going to GranAnn's house was and she said, "snowman cookies."
Overall we had a wonderful week in Kansas, caught a game at Allen Fieldhouse, hit up some of our favorite restaurants, drank lots of local Kansas beer (Mark of course did that, not me) and got to spend time with many friends that we miss dearly. I didn't manage to take pictures at any of those get togethers so if anyone has any please share!
After spending New Years at the Meyers we headed back to Chicago and were treated to an uneventful drive. Now that we are back home we are going to be busy working on potty training, home projects we want done before #2 arrives and sharing. "This is mine" has become Amelia's favorite phrase and I don't think her losing her only child status is going to help......
Of course Amelia spoiling didn't end when we left Illinois. The highlights of her Christmas in Lawrence were her grocery cart from GranAnn and bag of fishy crackers from Papa. She made it clear that the bag of fishies was hers. She was right as the present did have her name on it but you would think she could have shared a fish or two. Auntie M helped herself to A fish and got caught by Miss. MINE.My mom was so sweet and had a friend show up dressed as Santa on Christmas morning and bring Amelia a keyboard. Amelia FREAKED out. She wailed, tried to climbed me and was an overall mess. This picture tells the story. It really was pretty hilarious. The excessive sugar didn't end either when we left Illinois. I think we all ate a year's worth of sugar while in Kansas. Thank goodness my glucose test was before Christmas. I asked Amelia what her favorite part of going to GranAnn's house was and she said, "snowman cookies." We checked out the ceramics studio in Lawrence where Amelia made a serving platter for GranAnn and coffee mug for Dada.
Overall we had a wonderful week in Kansas, caught a game at Allen Fieldhouse, hit up some of our favorite restaurants, drank lots of local Kansas beer (Mark of course did that, not me) and got to spend time with many friends that we miss dearly. I didn't manage to take pictures at any of those get togethers so if anyone has any please share!
After spending New Years at the Meyers we headed back to Chicago and were treated to an uneventful drive. Now that we are back home we are going to be busy working on potty training, home projects we want done before #2 arrives and sharing. "This is mine" has become Amelia's favorite phrase and I don't think her losing her only child status is going to help......
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