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01/03/2006 Archived Entry: "family time"

It was nice having Chris home for a three day weekend, we took full advantage of the family time. On New Year's Eve, Tabitha and I had a little mom and daughter time and went out to breakfast and then shopping together. We did the proverbial "shop until you drop." It was fun though and we got some needed and some not-so-needed items. That night, the three of us karaoked with our game while Daisy clapped and danced around. She went to bed as usual and we did our regular setting the clocks forward and celebrating "midnight" with the east coast. Thankfully, Tabitha still doesn't pay much attention to the time so she doesn't notice how quickly it flies :) Usually Chris and I either go out or stay up and celebrate at the real midnight, but I must say, I was exhausted and didn't make it past 10:30. So my year ended with a snooze.
New Year's Day my mom came over fairly early to stay with the kids and Chris and I headed to Disneyland. We wanted to go by ourselves because I wanted to ride all the "big" rides that I hadn't ridden since becoming pregnant back in May 2004. We only rode 5 (one of them twice) and had lunch plus did a little hat shopping, but we had a great time. It was crowded and cold but it's easy when you go in with the right attitude. Once we were home and my mom had left, I went to the grocery store and it really started coming down while I was gone. Fun fun to load the trunk in the rain. That night we once again karaoked after dinner until Tabitha had to go to bed.
Yesterday we watched the poor soaked Rose Parade for a while and then headed out in horrible rain and wind to go to Target. The kids think the cold rain is great and both thoroughly enjoyed walking through the parking lot. We took a leisurely browse through Target, I swear, we're the only people who can spend more on toys after Christmas than before. Once we were walking to our car, man the wind was worse than before. Tabitha's umbrella did the classic turn insideout and it just didn't matter how you held an umbrella, the rain came from all directions. While driving home we passed a Burger King and half of their sign was across the street. Trees are down all over the place, it's kind of crazy.
We stayed home for a few hours, Tabitha played a new computer game, Daisy napped and Chris and I played a new Zelda game on the Game Cube. Daisy awoke very grumpy and I was hit by the sleepies so I traded places with her and took a nap. We then headed to my in-laws' to go out to dinner with them. The wait wasn't too bad and dinner was really nice. We ate near a Henry's so we ran in there for a couple items after dinner, including a lavendar aromatherapy spray for Daisy's bed. Then we went to the Target near there because I forgot something earlier and then we went to Old Navy where we pretty much all got clothes, though I might have to return the two tops I bought myself.
Home and bed for the kiddies and Zelda for Chris and I rounded out the day.