Countdown to Christmas 2012 - Day 19

Poor little Maelie did NOT want to get up today once again! I had to kinda threaten her that she would not have time for her advent calendar if she didn't get up soon. It took a lot of work to come down the stairs. She had a blankie on her back, dragging her feet and was grumbling. Poor kids are at the end of their ropes this week with school! All their energy is focussed on Christmas! I will be glad once the weekend gets here.

At work, we had a pot luck. There was an amazing response of close to 50 people which is surprising considering a lot of our staff is already on holidays! It was LOADED with food! In order to take a tiny bit of everything, you would have had to fill in 5 plates!! There were 9 slow cookers on the go!! Here is a tiny bit of what was there:

I picked up Maelie and Sierra at school since they had an activity after school. We dropped Sierra off at her house and then headed off to Cage aux Sports for a friendly Christmas dinner. Since Sonia and Naomie are out of town at Christmas, we always have a dinner ahead of time and exchange gifts. Maelie just could not wait for Naomie to open her gifts! She wouldn't let Naomie cherish one gift for too long, she handed her another and told her "come on.... open it!!" LOL

Naomie was very pleased and appreciative and tried to display that with a hug!! This is Maelie fearing for her life like hugs are dangerous! 

Our crazy friends!! :) We truly cherish our moments with them.

Maelie got these funky speakers as one of her presents.

Of course, first thing she did when we got home is plug them in to try them! They connect to her i-pod touch. These speakers worked AMAZINGLY! we can't see the effect in action on a picture, but the lights and water follow the beat of the song. It was SO cool! She played with it until bedtime, testing different music styles.

She hung out comfortably in her new pj's on the couch while testing the songs. One spoiled little love I tell you!!