Shared Dreams: Weekend before Christmas!!!

We returned home from Turkey on a cold December 18^th. I was so excited to be home with friends and family to celebrate Christmas! Dad and mom picked us up from the airport; it was great to see them. The following day we did not do much because we were exhausted. We were so lucky to have a private viewing of the Beauparlant twins Emma and Logan. THEY ARE ADORABLE and Abby and Brian are a wonderful example of loving and devoted parents.

Emma Kathleen and Logan David

Now, because we were in town before Christmas we had lots of running around to do as well as visiting. Our next visit was with the Jacobi family! We had planned on celebrating lil Wendy’s birthday with a special trip into Boston. We headed out to Sudbury on Saturday afternoon to pick up the kids. We were thrilled to see them. It had been four months since I had seen them last. The kids came running out the door when they saw my truck pull up…we all had some tears of joy! The house was all a buzz with Christmas and it was so nice to be back there. We had a nice lunch with Gigi and Poppy and Jen R. was there too. Jeb and Wendy were so excited to show us all of the activities they have been doing. We all exchanged gifts and had a wonderful visit before the kids headed to town with us.

We arrived at the Sheraton at about 6pm. We checked in and got cleaned up to go meet one of our bestest friends ever Alison O’laughlin!!! She fortunately had very thoughtful gifts of noise machines for Jeb and Wendy. The kids we thrilled and we all headed in to have dinner. The very special reason for dinner out and a night at the Sheraton was for Wendy’s birthday so naturally we all sang Happy Birthday to her!

We really enjoyed our time with Alison and I still begin to chuckle when I think of how much fun we all had.

The following morning we went for a long swim before brunch. Jeb and Wendy are natural swimmers and love the water. After swimming and brunch we headed to the Frog Pond in Boston Common for some ice-skating. On our way into the common we ran into the man of the season Santa with Mrs. Claus and one of the head elves. They were heading to a local charity to visit with the kids. We were very lucky to run into him, he had candy canes for everyone! It was the first time for all of us to go skating on the pond. It was fairly warm and a bit drizzly at first.

Wendy and Jeb are naturals at ice-skating but Joseph and myself were a bit nervous about falling so we took it slow. We spent about 2 hours on the ice. Lucky for us that Dietz and Watson were doing a promotional day at the pond with hot mini sandwiches and free cocoa. We took full advantage of the free treats and I assured them that I would no longer buy Boars head brand meat, which we all know (Emily) is the best meat ever! The kids had their faces painted…we all had a blast!