All this week Katie has been furiously getting our house ready for Christmas. One of the real benefits is that she is making cookies almost non-stop leaving the house smelling wonderful all the time. The stockings are hung on the stairwell and lights are on the window and of course the Christmas tree above the television set. With no classes going on our schedules are a little more normal so we are actually getting evenings during the week together. We have also started to finish some of the smaller tasks we have been putting off all fall. We finally got around to putting up the rest of the fishy photos on Arianna's nursery wall.
The Christmas winds have started down here and for almost a week we were able to go without A/C and just the windows open. Unfortunately that has slowed and so it was back onto the A/C late last week. Katie's sister Melanie is coming down next weekend and will be here for a month to house sit while we head north to Chicago and Seattle. She and Gypsy wont have to worry about being lonely though as several of Melanie's friends are also coming so the house will be full the whole time. We get the benefit of house sitters (and some babysitting) while they get the free room for their Caribbean vacation. Next weekend is the big ICCI Christmas party with Santa coming so we are looking forward to some cute shots of Arianna.
