Decorating for Christmas

I kind of wondered if it would be worth the hassle of getting all our Christmas decorations out this year since we will be leaving the second weekend in December, but it was! Elaina loved unwrapping all the ornaments and nativity characters. She likes holding the Baby Jesus like a real baby, patting it's back and everything - even though it is only 2 inches long. Tonight in her prayers she said she was thankful for Christmas - along with dancing and her potty chair (which she never actually goes in). She also said she was thankful for turkey the other night, after enjoying Thanksgiving leftovers.

This last week we went downtown on Black Friday. After browsing $5,500 stuffed animals at Macy's and having a classy lunch at McDonalds we went to see "Enchanted". It was the first movie Elaina was really into. She sat between us, enjoying her popcorn and laughing in all the right places. The movie was really cute! Afterward, we walked up and down the Magnificent Mile and got hot chocolate and cider from Starbucks. Elaina is a huge fan and gulped down the last half of both Torry and my drinks. We got a lot of strange looks from people because our toddler was eager guzzling from a nearly-upside-down coffee cup. "Don't worry, it's only a half shot espresso."