We made it!

We made it to my parents' house for the holidays. Both kids traveled well...about 3 hours by plane and 3-4 more by car. Ah, driving through the boonies in pitch darkness on a 2 lane road, watching out for deer (or moose, not sure what the difference is exactly!!lol) and trying to pass into oncoming traffic... don't I just love driving in the country!lol Well, I did get to use my brights... you never get to use the brights on your car when you're driving in the city, but when you're in the country, there's not a street lamp in sight and you're watching for deer because although it's not deer season, it's been unseasonsably warm and the critters may still be prancing about the highways, brights are a nice feature to have on your car!lol

My whole family is together for the holidays...that hasn't happened in years... 7 of us are staying at my parents' house - 7 people with one bathroom...some scheduling required!lol Emma is loving having an entourage though and she met my brother for the first time this week.

I did some last minute shopping yesterday. I've heard the last couple of months that Elmo TMX is hard to get...saw him sitting on a shelf yesterday and picked it up for Emma's birthday today - our baby is TWO today - well, I must admit I didn't have a clue what Elmo did and I wish I still didn't...I want to shoot myself after hearing Elmo over and over and over and over again... I may just start drinking - tis the season isn't it!!lol Emma loves Elmo, I almost hoped she'd be afraid of it, nah, she loves to dance and laugh along with him...any chance there IS a volume control on Elmo and I just can't find it?

Holidays went well, nice to have the whole family together and today we undertook the journey back home. Got to drive in daylight today, although since there were whiteouts part of the way, still couldn't see anything!!lol Some flights got cancelled but ours thankfully didn't. It was pretty bumpy until we got above cloud level, but after that, it was pretty smooth. We're now home safe and sound and I have a few hundred pics to download!lol Hope everyone had wonderful holidays. I must say, between Hannukah, Christmas and Emma's birthday, there are enough new toys here to start a toy store!!! Here's a pic of Emma with Elmo...more pics to come. And finally, may I say that our kids are such good travelers...they're really troopers these two, I'm very proud of them. :-)