Catch Up Post

I thought I'd make note of all the fun stuff we did last week while the g-parents were in town. They left yesterday morning so the unspoiling process has begun. It's going quite well, I think.

On Wednesday, we walked around Old Town Spring for awhile. We went into a few of the shops and had to show Grandma and Grandpa the toy store. Then we had lunch at the Wunche Bros. Cafe and back home until the evening when we went over to Glenn and Becky's for pizza. Clara had to check out all of Leah's new toys.

We went to the arboretum and playground on Thursday morning. It was beautiful out, a little chilly, but not too bad. We also nibbled on the gingerbread house.






That night, we hit Johnny Rocket's and walked around Market Street for a bit. Clara did not have a good dinner. She was flexing her defiance muscle just a tad by refusing to eat anything but "too ties" (french fries) and throwing a pretty good fit in the process. Daddy had to take her out of the restaurant twice to have a little talk. We did the good cop bad cop thing. He laid down the law; I made eating chicken look like loads of fun. Eventually she scarfed down the chicken. Parents- 1, Brat- 0.

Chris and I took advantage of the free babysitting and hit the movie theater for the late showing of National Treasure 2. This was the first movie we'd seen since Pirates 3 back in May when Chris' parents kept Clara for us. It was really good and was a lot like the first one.

Friday came and we all went to the early showing of Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was cute and Clara sat still until she ran out of popcorn. That girl put down the popcorn. She had a large tub between her legs. Several of us had a few handfuls, but she ate the bulk of it, hands down. Her lips looked awful afterward.

Hung out, then went to Jason's Deli with Micah and Lisa and Glenn and Becky. After dinner, Glenn and Becky came over for some cherry cobbler and Leah came over to check out all of Clara's new toys.

And that's about it. Not overly exciting, but not completely boring either. Clara did remarkably well the whole time. We made sure she got a nap everyday and went to bed at a reasonable time. She got lots of sweets and treats, but not so many that she didn't eat her regular meals for the most part. She went to time out several times (which was hard for Grandma to watch), but it was mainly for hitting the dogs with her new toys. She was just playing and excited, but there's a zero tolerance dog hitting policy in the Judd house. And then there were a few little defiant outbursts that we had to nip in the bud, but really nothing significant.

It was a lovely Christmas indeed and I'm so thankful that we were able to spend it with Chris' family, though I did miss being with mine. Can't wait 'til next year!