{"id":508,"date":"2007-12-22T21:34:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T02:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=508"},"modified":"2007-12-22T21:34:59","modified_gmt":"2007-12-23T02:34:59","slug":"Whew - post party!","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"Whew – post party!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night was the big Christmas party we’ve been planning.  It came together really nicely.  I, of course, had worried about whether or not we’d have enough food, as all I was making was 3 pans of pasta, salad and, after a last minute panic at Sam’s, fruit and yogurt.  A bunch of people had asked what they could bring, and told them appetizers.  Whew – we had a lot of appetizers!  I also made Caroling Wine<\/a>, thanks to my sister’s recommendation.  We had 20 people, 11 kids and 2 babysitters!  I had a dessert table laid out with all the treats we’ve been making this month, and little take-out boxes for people to fill as our Christmas gift to them.  It was a big hit \ud83d\ude42  It was a nice evening, and a real blessing to be able to enjoy a Christmas evening with our friends.  <\/p>\n

Today, I’m battling a sinus infection, so I’m not feeling so good.  The kids and I had a birthday party at the Jump Zone, and then we came home and crashed for super long naps.  Brian took Analise shopping for me, and I wrapped presents while they were gone.  When they got back, Analise helped me wrap.  She *LOVES* wrapping!  Nothing like wrapping with a 3-year old to get you in the holiday spirit!  She cut lots of tiny scraps of paper and ribbon, taped  (though she often missed where I wanted the tape.  I used her ribbon scraps as bows.  They look pretty good.  And I pieced together her bigger paper scraps for some fun-looking wrappings.  And all the while, she was telling me what she and Brian had gotten me \ud83d\ude42  Hehe.  I have no idea where she gets her lack-of-secret-keeping…  Oh, and if anyone in my family is reading this, remind me to tell y’all what she said about Kat’s gift.  So funny!<\/p>\n

Off to bed.  Hope the Christmas spirit is surrounding you…   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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