It seems like it took forever for our departure date to arrive but now that it’s just about here it seems like it came all too fast. We started packing up about a week ago as we wanted to have most of it done prior to our early Christmas celebration with our family this past weekend. No matter how much we plan, pack and organize, the last few days always seem like a rush as we go over and over our checklists to make sure we’re not forgetting anything.
The toughest job I had was saying goodbye for now to Mason
It wasn’t the organizing, packing, checking tire pressures, filling propane tanks or any of the other normal routine jobs required for planning a 3 month snowbird vacation which was the toughest for me. The toughest job by far was driving down to Victoria on Monday morning to see Carrie and Mason and say goodbye to our little man until we see him again at the end of March. All I can say is thank goodness for computers, broadband cable at the Sands and Facetime plus G+ Hangouts!!
Granddaughters Jessica, Mikayla and daughter Carrie
Our Christmas celebration and dinner was a lot of fun last weekend. As usual, Paulette outdid herself with another fantastic meal and some delicious desserts. Prior to dinner, we exchanged and unwrapped gifts which added to the feeling of Christmas even though it’s still 10 days away but who’s counting. We had 2 of our daughters, a son-in-law, 2 granddaughters and, of course, the star of the show our grandson Mason who turned 18 months old on Monday.
Thomas the Train was a big hit with Mason
As much as Mason loved his Thomas the Train toys and played with them, overall he was more interested in all the ornaments, decorations and doo-dads on his Grammy’s end-tables, coffee tables and other furniture. Mason is quite a little re-organizer and was very serious and industrious as he moved stuff from one location to the next and then back again. We all got a real kick out of watching what he was doing and mostly wondering what in the heck he was thinking!
We celebrated Carrie’s Birthday too!
Carrie’s birthday is in early January so we’ve fallen into the habit of celebrating her birthday with our Christmas dinner as most of our family is usually here. Due to the big family wedding last summer our daughters in Ottawa and Calgary weren’t able to fly out this year but we sent them all photos of the family sitting at the dinner table. Carrie’s birthday cake was to die for but Mason much preferred all the candles lit up and then helping his Mommy to blow them all out.
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