December felt long. Long but good :) Our vacation was restful on the days where the kids were out of school (lots of granola bars and Paw Patrol and double baby snoozes) and activity filled on the days where it was just us. With every weekend having at least one Christmas party, it seemed like we always had a glass of wine in hand.
We hosted a dinner party for 12 and it was a great excuse to buy 12 matching wine glasses.
Ry surprised me with a date night to see the Nutcracker! I was told there would be a babysitter coming over for 6pm, and to be dressed in a dress and ready to go. We had such a lovely evening :)
I basically spent every free hour from December 1st to 13th writing Christmas cards. With over 120 personalized handwritten cards sent out, it's safe to say this is a passion of mine.
And any time I wasn't writing Christmas cards, this is what Weezy and I were up to:
The annual Wilson Christmas party was obviously a smash.
And they outdid themselves with the takeaway Christmas ornament. So cute <3
A good time was had at Noel en Noir, the annual wedding industry Christmas party :) Only a handful of people know that Ryan actually broke his arm at the end of the night.
There's always that one hard to wrap gift that you save for the last minute. In my case, this crazy dinosaur for our nephew and its unsupported cardboard walls.
On Christmas Eve we came home from Ryan's family celebration and set out the cookies and milk for Santa.
And we wrote him a note. I told him that I would write any message he liked. This is what he had to say:
Right after the Christmas stuff ended, our real vacation began. Three full days where the kids would be in daycare.
Many afternoons spent right here, enjoying the snow and the ice cold white wine.
We saw two movies, Passengers and La La Land. Both were amazing!
A trip to the Museum of Nature gave these little ones some winter break memories. Cooper was obsesseddddd with the dinosaurs. Jilly loved watching all of the people and running loose like a maniac.
New Years Eve was super low key this year. Ry and Coop were getting over their colds, while Jilly and I danced and played music and watch home videos from the year.
