we had a busy day today! we started out by calling grandpa don and singing happy birthday to him!! malloy sang the whole song all by herself - she was so excited about it! after school and lunch, i put rex down for nap and let malloy stay up and help me make the first batch of christmas cookies! she's such a great little helper - especially in the tasting department ;)
after nap, we did a photo shoot for christmas cards. they came out so cute and the kids had a lot of fun! then it was off to the gym!! rex is back to crying when i leave but will calm down a few minutes after i leave. i hate to leave him like that, but he needs to get used to it and is old enough now that he should get that i'll be back. he'll get used to it again. and when he does, then we'll be gone for a week for christmas and will have to start all over again!! ah well.
after dinner, we made our christmas advent chain. malloy had to take a ring off and look on the inside for the sticker. she then had to find the matching sticker hidden somewhere in the house that was attached to a box with a treat on it. she had a great time with it all! rex cuddled with daddy and watched rudolph while malloy made the chain with me. we were just one big christmasy bunch tonight!!