The Day After

On the day after Christmas, we mostly relaxed, enjoyed new toys, and cleaned up a little of the "Christmas mess."  I baked bread (a special treat for a weekday), and when Hannah got up and found me mixing the dough she asked, yet again, "Why do you always make homemade bread?"  The poor girl was raised on the store-bought variety, and that's what she still prefers.  She has learned to enjoy my applesauce, though, so I'm holding out hope for a conversion.

We also remembered that at this time last year we were in Disney World!

At 10am, however, we enjoyed a special treat.  Fluffy, Hannah's giraffe that she purchased from the book fair last month, was supposed to give a Christmas concert at 10 o'clock on Christmas morning.  Since the girls ended up going to the cabin with Grandma and Grandpa for part of Christmas day, the concert was postponed.

It consisted of songs from both their school Christmas concert and the church Christmas program that the girls were in the other week.  Some songs we were allowed to sing along with, others we were not, and some involved instruments for the entire family.  Here is the program, entitled "Winter Hope":

Later in the day, I found this play scene in the library, complete with long and short socks serving as stockings for the various play things.

At 3:30pm, I challenged the girls to a round of Just Dance.  We've had this game for the Wii for several years but had never even opened it.  I figured it would be a good way for us all to get a little exercise, and I was right.  It was more of a workout than I thought it would be, and we had a blast doing it!  Sophie got frustrated that she always came in second or last, but overall we had a good time.  I see more dancing in our future!

For dinner, I made a crock pot rotisserie chicken, which I had made once before.  It turns out so delicious, succulent, and flavorful.  This recipe is definitely a keeper!