Tomorrow we head to Portland to celebrate Christmas with the Jarrells. Â But today? Â Today was the Schnell family pre-Christmas Christmas bonanza. Â And it was glorious. Â Shane and I stayed in bed until 10 am, at which point he rolled out to pick up scones from the neighborhood bakery. Â I poured us a couple of glasses of festive-looking green juice, we dug into our breakfast, and then it was time for presents!
There were several gifts under the tree this year to Boo from Boo – I scored a sweet new lens for my camera and Shane was happily surprised with a bottle of fancy absinthe.
It felt good, our little family of two sitting by the Christmas tree and listening to Nat King Cole sing about roasting chestnuts. Â So warm and cozy and…right.
I spent the better part of the afternoon in the kitchen, rolling our sugar cookies and making my favorite cranberry cornmeal biscotti. Â Can’t wait to decorate these babies tomorrow with Elise!
We headed downtown later in the day to do some shopping and catch a movie. Â Shane bought me a couple of pairs of earrings from my favorite boutique and then we walked over to the theater for Silver Linings Playbook, which turned out to be my kind of movie – romantic and sad and happy and just a little bit cheesy.
After the movie, we strolled through downtown, taking in all the Christmas lights one more time before heading to dinner in Capitol Hill.
We capped off the night at home, snuggling on the couch and watching Elf while Shane sipped his spiked eggnog and I ate the cookie cast-offs (no sense in letting that armless gingerbread man and four-pointed star go to waste!). Â It was nice to soak in the peace and comfort of home today – I feel rested and thankful and so, so ready to engage in some serious playtime with two very special little girls. Â Portland, here we come!
