{"id":6096,"date":"2014-12-23T05:32:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=6096"},"modified":"2014-12-23T05:32:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T05:32:01","slug":"almost-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/12\/23\/almost-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost there"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because Isabella was here, I got in my last minute Christmas shopping this morning. The shopping didn’t take that long, but the time bomb came when I combed the entire Super Target looking for To and From tags–to no avail. I guess I will have to make my own. Darn.<\/p>\n

I also turned out two batches of Zimmsterne today. The first batch was a flop, but the second came out fine. I’m starting to feel Christmased out. Thank goodness we’re only three days away–I don’t think I could keep up the pace much longer than that. Plus, I can’t wait to get rid of our tree. It’s dead, and the girls play with the garland and ornaments so much that it has turned into a bedraggled eye sore. The minute I wake up on December 26, I am going to get that outta here.<\/p>\n

Oh, the other monumental event of the day occurred when I did Isabella’s hair. I’m so out of practice from Lydia’s short hair cut that it took me\u00a0two hours\u00a0<\/em>to do Isabella’s hair. Her legs fell asleep from sitting for so long! But finally, finally I managed to do a waterfall\/fishtail combo, and she looked so pretty.<\/p>\n

We also drove to Salt Lake to return Isabella and check out daycare options for the girls during our Cancun trip. We found a really great contender, but seeing day care options made me so, so grateful I get to stay home with my kids. I take that for granted often, and today helped give me some perspective.<\/p>\n

Abe had a great “reunion” with his AXB friends tonight. They have a secret Santa exchange every year, and he thought that tonight they were meeting up at a restaurant–another reason we headed up to Salt Lake. It turned out though that everyone did a group video chat. Since we were driving, Abe rigged up his lap top and phone and managed to fully participate while I drove home on the freeway. Connecting with his friends was a huge highlight of his day.<\/p>\n

Pictures:<\/p>\n

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painting Zimmsterne with meringue. (This was the first batch with insufficiently chilled dough.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Abe,<\/a>
Abe, Lydia and Isabella singing “Let it Go” to karaoke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Waterfall-fishtail combo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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