Saturday, January 10, 2009

Christmas and New Years

Alyssa enjoyed her first Christmas. After we helped her unwrap her presents she sat down and let out a contented happy sigh. Marie got a date to the New York City Ballet for her main gift. I wanted to take advantage of the free grandparental baby sitting, otherwise we never would have been able to go on a 8 hour date. That weekend we all took a ride on the Santa Special where both Alyssa and Grandpa got excited about the old train and Santa and his crew. Alyssa's favorite was a less traditional character, Pablo the Penguin (she sees a lot of Penguins in the Baby Einstein videos). For New Years Marie had the week off and I didn't so she and Alyssa
went to Washington state to see her other grandparents. It was a nice last minute trip, but so last minute she did not take the camera. In their absence, and with me at work during the day, Sophia slowly went feral. Perhaps more about that later...