Saturday, December 28, 2019

hello, n y c!

jon & i had a whirlwind, fast-paced, fabulously fabulous three days in nyc that i documented little of, but lived to the fullest. we shopped, drank, ate all the foods, went to the spa, the broadway, the 9/11 museum, st. patrick's cathedral, walked 25+ miles, and the highlight for me- brunched at the plaza hotel's palm court searching for little eloise around every corner. we're planning to bring our eloise, herself, next time! the girls had an absolute blast with gmom & gdad, who i'm sure are sleeping peacefully tonight ;)




















lucy honed her sewing skills, learning to add a zipper to her baggies, eloise built toy castles and glued beads to cardstock, and bea insisted on sleeping on a blow-up mattress in gmom & gdad's room. thank the good lord for grandparents!



my favorite smile, my favorite partner through life-


& now- to desconstruct the christmas decor and teach kindergarten girls a talent show dance. still a whole week of christmas vacation & as always with breaks from the grind, i'm here for it!

xoxo, 

-ivy



Wednesday, December 25, 2019

a very cousin christmas!

too little time, but such cherished christmas memories together! highlights include union station, reindeer games, making reindeer food with meme to sprinkle on the lawn, a moving christmas eve mass [my forever favorite], lucy losing a tooth on christmas eve leading to a packed dandurand chimney, eloise waking up with her first loose tooth on christmas morning [she totally wished this into existence!!], lucy's makeovers for all [including press-on nails from auntie amy!] and simply... slowing down to celebrate.

santa was good to our family- he brought lucy a pogo stick to "touch the clouds", eloise her light-up drawing tablet, and bea had a very frozen 2 christmas. the girls did their annual sister gift exchange, and their excitement to surprise each other was the highlight of my whole christmas day. 
































jon surprised me with a second wedding band to wear with the ring he gave me on our 10th wedding anniversary this past summer- he's impressed me!


jon & i head to nyc tomorrow [!!]- i am off to pack and sort through all the blessings that today brought along. 


merry christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!

xoxo,

-ivy