Emily and Madison from Christmas, 2007
Amy picked the girls up because Madison was going to stay the night - these too goofs are good friends, and were excited for whatever it is 8/9 year-olds do.
We had some pizza and then hopped in the car for a trip to Tilles Park to see the Winter Wonderland display - the St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Department does a great job transforming the park into a sea of light displays (shameless plug). Madison mentioned a few times that she felt hot, so I figured I still didn't know how to operate the heat in the new car correctly.
The Gingerbread House at Winter Wonderland
Madison's comment would later pop back into my head as the poor kid threw up her dinner in our den. Needless to say the sleepover was cancelled. All involved were sad. I, however, was thrilled that she managed to wait until she was out of the car before she got sick.
So, we find ourselves on sick watch, hoping that IF the kids are going to get sick, they get it out of the way before Tuesday when we are scheduled to head up to Chicago for Christmas.
As of this morning, all is well (knock on wood).
After breakfast today, the kids exchanged the Christmas gifts they picked out for each other. Emily gave Adam some cars (police cars and Scooby-Doo cars), and Adam gave Emily a Littlest Pet Shop play set, despite his true desire, which was to buy her some dinosaurs (good job to Amy convincing him that 8 year old girls really aren't in to dinosaurs - I still don't know that he understands this, because who wouldn't like dinosaurs?).
We let the kids exchange their gifts today for 2 important reasons. First, there is less stuff we have to drag up to Chicago, and second (and perhaps more importantly), it keeps the little buggers occupied for a few minutes.
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