Well, time to say goodbye to a VERY stressful year. Any of you feel differently? Anyway, let me tell you about our last couple of weeks. Cassidy has been doing better (finally) and for the moment her asthma is under control. HOORAY!!! She has been approved for the new medication, but we are still figuring out all the details. We will probably start in the next couple of weeks. I hope it will make the difference that her doctor is expecting.
Our Christmas was fantastic. Most of my brothers and sisters were home. My kids went to their grandparent's house the Saturday before Christmas. They had a great time. Apparently they had a gingerbread house building contest. I thought their houses looked great.
We had our normal extended family over for Christmas day. Everyone ate way more than we needed to, but it was SO good. :) It was fun to see everyone.
Now to my favorite part. My family is very large and loud. We all went to Nick and Krista's house for Christmas and pirogi. (We can it something else, but I have no idea how to spell it.) We had seven kids from 4 months old to 14 years old, 10 adults and lots of fun in a little house. Nick was smart and took the munchkins to the park to get them out of the house while the baby slept. The adults undertook the task of making the pirogi. We make them from scratch and it is a long process, but worth it I assure you. My mother also makes borscht. My kids really like pirogi and look forward to it every year. We opened gifts, lots and lots of gifts. The kids were beyond excited. Cassidy wrapped a gift for Chris with the help of my neighbor that took him FOREVER to open. They wrapped it with lots of paper, tape, and ribbon. (Chris has decided this year that he did not want ribbons on anything.) She got a kick out of making things difficult for him.
On the Saturday after Christmas, we hung out with my brother and his wife and kids and my sister and her husband. We explored Albanese Candy Factory. Never a good place to go when you are hungry. For those who do not know, they actually have a chocolate fountain. Candy, candy everywhere. My sister-in-law decided that we had to go get lunch right after we left there. :) We went bowling. I am not very good at bowling, but it sure can be fun when you are playing with family. We got two lanes, one for kids with the bumpers and a ramp for the little ones and one for the adults with the gutters wide open. :) The kids had lots of fun and my brother-in-law can really bowl. :) I think my favorite part of the day was dinner. We had chicken tacos with all sorts of veggies. (Avocado, cucumber, peppers, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, fried mushrooms and onions, and cheese. Sounds good right.) My mother thought we were crazy to add cucumber and carrot, but my kids love it and so did my sis and bro-in-law. Once dinner was over, we played hand and foot. If you have never played, you are really missing out. My boys got to play for the first time and Christopher is a card shark. He and my mother were partners and they kicked butt. However my brother and his wife beat everyone. Everyone kept asking Barry which cards to pick. Apparently he really helped them all, but not so much himself. I think they both had a good time.
Over all we had a good holiday and so far a healthy one. :)
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