Right before a trip...

I think it always happens. Right before a big trip or holiday, one or both of the girls gets sick. Susannah has a cold in her left eye. Yes, just one eye. It keeps watering and has that sleepy stuff coming out every once in a while. It's not really all that gross, it just looks like she has been crying out of one eye (like Jeremy did on the haunted house ride at Disney!) Has this ever happend to anyone that you know? Last night she was running a little low grade fever so I stayed home with her and Aaron took Grace to church. They were supposted to go caroling with the youth group, but Grace decided that she wanted to go to her bible class instead. Both girls woke up around 2:00am and came in our bed, which made for great sleep for me, because they both want to sleep next to mommy, of course. So, we all slept until 10 and then decided to have a go at today. Let's hope for lots of laundry and packing to get done for tomorrow we drive to Searcy.
While Grace was at school yesterday, Sus and I went to Wal-Mart for lunch and to shop. (We live in a little town, what else is there to do?) Sus is so funny. She loves to go to Subway, where as Grace just started eating their food and she is 2 years older. So, we went to Subway in our Wal-Mart and she ordered her food (by herself!) and she ate every little bite of that sandwich! You would think that I have been starving the child or something! After lunch, we went shopping. Each of the girls have $15 dollars to spend on the other and we went down every isle of the toy department until Sus found what she wanted to get her sister. It's a Barbie (of course) from the Magic of Pegasus movie and she was so excited to pick it out for Grace. We brought it home and wrapped it and when Grace came home she saw it under the tree and wanted to know what it was. Susannah says, "It's a secret" in her cutest little voice and then walked away. It was so sweet!
Oh, Reagan, I got my gingerbread cookie recipe off of Martha Stewarts website. Just type gingerbread cookie in the search line...I started making them about 3 years ago and they are pretty strong (you have to have a glass of milk with them) but they are really good. I printed out the recipe and keep it in my favorites now! But, even easier is that Nestle' now makes pre-made and pre-cut out cookies that come with icing. They weren't that bad, but the homemade ones are much better and are much richer. Happy Baking!!!!