Fo Fo Fondue...Happy Holidays!

Last night we went over to our good friends house for their annual holiday fondue party. Just like last year they had two cheese pots for the appetizers, two pots for the meat and then a chocolate fountain for all the yummy desserts. I offered to be the designated driver since our friends live so far away that they are practically in Mexico. That allowed Andy, Mike and AJ to have fun without worrying how they were going to get home. Hey, I took one for the team.

Andy and I of course got our friends little girls presents for Christmas because isn't Christmas more about the kids anyway? So, I have this knack for getting good presents for kids rather it's birthday or Christmas...see this post for an example. This holiday was no exception...besides one minor glitch. While in Kohl's I came across Dr. Seuss books and matching stuffed animals. I thought this was super cute and would be a great Christmas gift for a 1 year old and 18 month old, especially since one of the books was The Grinch that Stole Christmas and had a matching Grinch stuffed animal. It was oh so cute. I wish I had pictures to show you, but I am not very good at being on top of taking pictures. Not only were they so cute, but the money received from the sale went to a Children's foundation...but I just can't remember which one. So, each girls got the grinch book and matching grinch stuffed animal along with the Wocket book and a stuffed animal character from that book. Stella, being one years old, wasn't as interested in the present as she was interested in the wrapping paper. Ella also wasn't as interested in the books with matching dolls because she was more interested in Stella's birthday present. So, it was also Stella's birthday and Andy and I decided she had to get one gift for Christmas and a separate gift for her birthday wrapped in birthday paper to make sure they are separate gifts and not combined. I know she doesn't understand at one years old, but it was important to us to make sure she had two separate gifts. Andy and I both think it would suck to have a birthday so close to Christmas. So, for Stella's birthday gift we got her a Tickle Me Elmo doll that rolled around as it laughed. It was super cute that Ella was more interested in Stella's Elmo than her own gift. Then once her daddy got Elmo out of the box Elmo started rolling around, which caused everyone to laugh and Ella to cry. She was crying so hard that she had giant tears rolling down her face. While this was going on Stella continued to play with the wrapping paper. Oh, how fun it is to be one years old again...to find wrapping paper more fun than the actual gift itself! So, unfortunately this time my gift made a little girl scream and cry because she was afraid of it...oops!! It was just a minor glitch in my gift giving.

Well, Saturday was a lot of fun with friends and fondue. It was even more fun to see the little girls play together like they were born to be BFF's...ok, maybe their mothers secretly got pregnant around the same time so their kids could be BFF's. Mmmmm! Anyway, it was a great weekend and happy holidays everyone!