Blast Thee Calorie Laden Christmas Cookie!

Today was a special day for E and me. M was sick last night (having caught whatever bug E had on Saturday), so Chris stayed home with him this morning while E and I went to his ECFE class alone. We've never been able to do that before, and looking back at him in the rear view mirror, I could see how pleased he was. We got an hour to play together at his class and then I took him on a shopping trip to pick up more supplies for the Christmas ornaments we are making, and he got to choose a treat as we were checking out. I think he had a pretty good time, and it was very special for me to have some alone time with my middle boy.

I spent a long time today making ornaments and working on calendar pages, so I am kind of crafted out at the moment. I am really only half done, but if I can continue at a pari passu for the rest of the week, I may just finish before Christmas.

I also got to go for a run in the balmiest December weather I have felt in a while. It was sunny and very warm, and halfway though the run I was majorly bummed because my new running shoes (thanks to my mother in law) got all dirty from all the melting snow. I guess I should be happy that it's warm enough to melt snow, but come on, these are new white shoes we're talking about here.

After all that running and crafting I was tired so I took a nap while Chris made pad thai and his favorite Christmas Star cookies. He had to go and make a double batch so now I have about 100 cookies sitting around the kitchen just begging to be eaten, and of course, he isn't home most of the time, so guess who eats most of them...me. I told him to hide them from me. I feel like Monica on Friends..."No, please, I don't want the cookies...okay maybe just one box, well, maybe two...all right I'll just take these twelve."

Happy Christmas cookie eating to all.