Abaco

K and I decided that we needed some sun and fun and took a spur of the moment trip to Abaco.  We stayed here.  This is a great place for kids without feeling like you are in a kiddie compound.  The water is knee deep almost 400 feet out so the beach is like a giant kiddie pool.  There are tons of fun activities including paddle boarding, kayaking, sand castle building contests, treasure hunts and a trampoline.

Our cute purple cottage

K's favorite thing was tearing around on our golf cart

Taking a break to play pool

Christmas 2010

K is so grown up and on the fence about Santa.  I think I am more disappointed than she is.  On the other hand she did a three hour marathon at mass on Christmas eve.  We got there at 2PM for 4PM mass so we could get a seat.  Michael joined us to help us save an entire pew.  Even with a whole pew we were a little squashed with Sheila and Helen's families.  After mass we went to Sheila's annual Christmas eve party.  It was so much fun and we stayed much later than planned.   Up early on Christmas morning and then to John and Kathryn's house for breakfast.  Dinner at the Langell house is a favorite Christmas evening tradition.  As dinner was ending it started snowing like crazy.  We ended up with a white Christmas, unusual for Atlanta.  We skipped the neighborhood Christmas night party because of the snow and we had a very early flight the next morning.

Party Time!

I decided that this year it would be more fun to have several small dinner parties instead of one big Christmas party.  A couple of nights ago we had a group of the neighborhood kids over for dinner. They are such a great group of kids and I am amazed at how big they are all getting.  We live on a crazy street-the kids go to 11 (that is not a typo) private schools so during the school year we are all going in different directions and don't seen each other often enough.  I long to live in a neighborhood where everyone goes to the same school-goal for 2011!

Channeling Yong Pak

Last night I turned K loose on a gingerbread house.  The icing was flying, sprinkles were every where and K was eating half of the necessary pieces.  Winston stopped by and decided to channel his inner Yong Pak and help create the perfect gingerbread house.  I don't think he has ever done a project like this before.  Watching him trying to control the chaos was hilarious.  I laughed until my face hurt.

K and Olivia Skate

Paradise

A on a very difficult math test=Manicure + Pedicure

Paradise, according to K!

Where's Waldo

Standing in line at the Louis Vuitton store

A room with a beautiful view of a clock tower and river

Watching a demonstration-really pretty tame, there were bands and snack bars had been set up

Hotel with a lovely courtyard

Incredible sycamore tree

Buying antiques

On a train with way too much luggage and boxes of purchases

Adorable hotel room

Buying more antiques

Did you guess France?  Just back from a week in Paris, a couple days in Lyon and several days in Avignon.  The strikes were not nearly as bad as depicted by the media.  We did some antique shopping and hauled home lots of paintings.  Sorry about the blury iPhone photos!