It’s been a while since I last posted. I have been creating some new projects for Christmas gifts so I can’t show them until after Christmas. I’m still quite busy working as well. Sunday they wanted us to work extra hours. I chose to tack a few hours on to the end of my shift instead of having to come in on a day off. Saturday night Lavinia was just not going to bed and she finally came into my bed and slept with me. I know, I know she needs to sleep in her own bed, but after midnight, I needed to get to sleep. She was still sleeping when I left for work and she was asleep when I got home. Depressing.

Monday night we went driving around town to look at the Christmas lights as we do every year. Since I work mostly nights, it was the last night we had to go until after Christmas. Lavinia didn’t last 15 minutes before she was asleep. Jason and I kept driving and scooping out the best-decorated places in case we got a chance to do it again during the Christmas holidays.

Last week we went in to town to pick up a few things and Lavinia got her picture taken with Santa. Last year she was too scared and she didn’t get a picture or even tell him what she wanted. This year she wasn’t scared. So we dared to take the picture. If we had a better strategy, she would not have been covered in chocolate milk by the time we got to the mall. We just kept shedding layers and were happy to find the shirt under her sweater was not dirty. She got up on the bench and was staring at him and wanted to say what she wanted first, but they were taking the picture first. It was a little overwhelming for her because everyone telling her to smile. By the time the picture was taken she was ready to leave. Then Santa asked what she wanted, she’d already had enough and wanted out of there. It would have been a better picture if they had just taken it of her looking at him, but at least she isn’t crying this year. We had a pretty good day in town. We ate at Zellers, which although it is not a five star restaurant, it was the first sit down meal we had in a long time and we really enjoyed it.

Now I’m just wrapping Christmas presents before and after work and trying to get ready for the holiday before it passes me by. I hope next year, I’ll be a lot more prepared.