December 3rd
We got new books today! I got Serenity “Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers” and “Ten on the Sled” for Donovan. They were wonderful! The Gingerbread Girl book is hilarious, with all the animals making funny rhymes using great words like preposterous and hullabaloo. And Ten on the Sled was just as much fun as Ten in the Bed, Donovan really got into the rhythm of it, and actually let me read without trying to eat the book. We read them several times throughout the day, and again at bedtime.
I spent part of the day getting ready for tomorrow’s Cookie Fest, so Eric, Donovan and Serenity bundled up for some outdoor fun. They went swinging in our yard until Donovan nearly fell asleep, and then later in the afternoon they walked to the park together. There were some people doing a video scavenger hunt, and they asked to sing Happy Birthday to Serenity. She was thrilled, and said they were very silly. =) And some more were playing leapfrog.!
Serenity helped me do the cutout cookies for the party tomorrow. Her mantra was, “We need to make as many cookies as possible!” I was explaining to her where to place the cookie cutters so we could get the maximum number of cookies without rerolling, and she took it to heart.