Saturday night the girls and I went next door to participate in the first ever "Cookies and Cocktails". We put out plain sugar cookies, cupcakes and rice krispie treats and let them decorate. They had 2 types of frosting, lots of colored sugars and such and assorted toppings.
That was the "Cookie" part. We had beer. That was the "Cocktails" part. Long story short, it was such a success that we thought we'd do it every year! You can almost see in this picture (if you can click on it) that Sidney had her rubberbands re-done since you saw her last. 
Seems as if she thought the "don't eat bagels with your new braces" written warning from her orthodontist DIDN'T APPLY TO HER so she had a nice hard, chewy one in Chicago over Thanksgiving and knocked a bracket loose. It took two weeks to get her in to get it fixed. Now she has red and green rubberbands for the holidays.The cookie decorating was over in a matter of minutes.
Joy and I laughed when it was over. We thought when they were done we would have several pans spread out around the kitchen with nicely decorated cookies. Instead they made skyscrapers of sweetness that even I wouldn't attempt to consume. The boys had no problem. The girls were a little more dainty. They made cute pictures on them and ate only a few. I tell you, if none of these kids were diabetic before this, they were well on their way! 
After they trashed the kitchen table the whole lot went upstairs to watch a movie. They screamed and laughed, jumped up and down and ran down the hall and stairs. About an hour later we noticed an eerie silence. She went upstairs and found that most of the cookie monsters had crashed from the sugar rush and were asleep on the floor. What a riot!
The girls only had school Mon-Wed this week. They could hardly sit still, they were so excited! Now they are home 
Not too far from here is a large park (golf course, pool, stables, hiking trails, etc...) and each year they set up THOUSANDS of lights for Christmas. It's a big deal around here and TONS of people go to it. The park is called Tanglewood and here is the link to it if you want to read more: http://www.forsyth.cc/tanglewood/fol_didyouknow.aspx . You typically have to wait in line about an hour before you actually get to the booth to pay, but it's worth it once you get in. We decided to make it a "hay ride", so to speak, but with no hay, no wagon and no tractor. We had a short-bed pickup truck instead! Don't worry, they rode INSIDE the truck on the way. They didn't climb into the back until we got there. It was a great night and the kids had such a fun time. The two boys riding in the back are Jonathon and Justin (Joy's kids). 
Sorry that some of these are blurry. I had to jump out of a moving truck to take them! It was cute to see all the little kids in passing cars. They had their smiling little faces pressed up to the glass and pointing left and right. I'm glad we got to go.
That said, I'll bring this to a close. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!
Amy and the girls
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