Tonight we celebrated New Years at home. We toasted the year and all it's memories, but also to the closing on our house that we had today! If we were having any doubts they were quickly washed away by being able to see fireworks out of the third story window.
Amelia is loving the pool. She keeps asking if it's warm enough to go swimming. Even though it is 70 degrees outside and I know a few crazy Mainers who'd be in that pool, I told her she'd have to wait a few more months before she can go in.
The picture on the left is right at the end of our new driveway. You see the tall condiminium in the background? Right behind that is the ocean. We are sooo close to the beach. The water was really choppy and tonight we could hear the waves crashing on the beach from inside our house.
This is Paradise!
The girls singing their version of Jingle Bells.
I tried to tell Abigail it was "bells on bob tails ring" but she said she liked her way better.
The girls got plenty of practice making cookies in Maine, so when it came time to make our own cookies they were ready to go. Abigail did an awesome job rolling out all the snowball cookies into perfect little balls and measuring the ingredients. Amelia had fun rolling out the dough for her "favorite lemon cookies" and also testing the batter for the chocolate Christmas trees.
After Abigail's ballet on Saturday, we went to breakfast right by the mall. In the mall parking lot there was a big sheep and donkey pen set up (they do this every year at Christmas time for a live nativity show). When we were done eating we walked over to look at the animals. We happened to know the guy who owns them, so he let the girls in the pen. The animals were all so sweet and friendly. We had so much fun petting and feeding them. Now we just have to figure out a way to keep them all in our backyard. :)
