Whirlwind Visits

Seems like the week before Christmas was non stop, but in a good way. It was full of family, and for me, that is always the best. As happy as I am to live in Atlanta, I do miss my siblings. As many of you know from their blog, Mike and Kat are home for good. A big "Yaa" for that! They spent last week with our parents in Roswell, and we were able to see them a good bit. Right off the bat they put their jet lag aside to attend Breakfast with Santa with us.

I think Emily really wanted a bite......

Kat, Will, Mike and James

Emily and James check out the train display.

Sophie was relieved to have her own visit with Santa.

Later that week my sister Mary came down with her son Dave, who is 11. They stayed with us, which I really enjoyed. During their visit, I hosted a playdate for Mike and Kat and some of their friends. We had a great time together....there were four 2 year olds, (James, Tiller, Emily and Michael) one 4 year old, (Rollie) a 15 month old (Henry) and BebeeWheel, as Emily calls him, who is almost 4 mths. Sophie was at school so she missed all the fun. I didn't get the chance to take many pictures, but here is one that will show you the level of activity.

From bottom left: James, Emily, Tiller and Michael who is once again on the wrong side of the gate.
Mary enthralls Tiller and Emily with a book.

On Friday Dave and I went to the Cyclorama, while Mary stayed home to cook and watch Michael and Emily. I was very impressed. Not only did she manage to prepare all the chicken (and it was pounded to Dottie specs) and whip up homemade foccacia, but she took them outside for a walk, fed them lunch, and had them down for nap at 1:06. She gets bonus points because she let them ride their trikes up and down the sidewalk. That can be dicey with the two on one ratio, combined with the attention span of 2 year olds. Now that's a sitter for you!

Christmas post and pictures to come, too late to start that tonight.....