A Relaxing weekend

 Our weekend was a fabulous one, very relaxing and not too much happening. It is nice to have those around this time of the year! Jeremy and I had a date night one night... Friday Eve or Weekend Eve. Charlee Kate loves it when Jenna, her baby-sitter comes to stay with her. She gets so excited!!! We have spent a lot of time lately on the swing on the porch. This is one of our favorite spots, read books, play or whatever. Charlee Kate loves to go out there and look out the window.

This is such a fun time of the year. So many special things taking place and Charlee Kate just loves anything and everything that we do related to Christmas. It makes it so much fun for us! One Tradition I started with her, that I remember VERY VIVIDLY as a child, is the advent Candy calendar. I still have mine that I had when I was a little girl and that is the one Charlee Kate uses. She gets so excited to get her candy each day and she is counting the days until Christmas! Last week of school....I hope the rest of the Christmas season goes by slow and that we truly enjoy the fun time with each other more than anything else : )

Saturday, we took Charlee Kate to her friend Mary Florence's birthday party. She had so much fun playing and was fast asleep as soon as we got in the car! That night we took her to the Birmingham Zoo to their Zoo Light Safari. She loved riding the train and looking at all the many many colorful lights.

The train ride at the Zoo!

Sunday was a rainy day ALLLLL day long! We made it to church but then came straight back home. That afternoon after CK's nap, we made a Gingerbread house and Gingerbread train. This has to be the most favorite thing to her. All the candy... decorating... eating some! She loved every minute of it and so did we.

Off to school we go! She always ask me "Is today a school day?". She wants to go all the time!

Friday, I left School Early to help be a mom to prepare for CK's party at school. We decorated gingerbread cookies, made trail mix, ate lots of yummy snacks, and watched how cute all those little 3 year olds were. She was so ready for her Christmas party at school!

Birthday Party on Saturday at the Jumpy Place!

One day when I was out of school, I ran by and had lunch with CHarlee Kate. She was so good and she so enjoyed it! I loved being there and boy... she ate tons of lunch that day too! The ladies that make their lunch must do a great job!