Ahhhh....vacation

I have to say, Christmas vacation has got to be one of the greatest parts of being a teacher.  (Aside from enlightening young minds of course) It is the wonderful deep breath and slow exhale that I look forward to before Christmas each year.  The opportunity to live slowly, bake cookies and sit around (as much as a person with 3 children can sit of course).  This beginning of this break had a crazy twist to it.  Eric and I decided to start (and try to finish) our shopping Saturday.  We had Eric's truck all loaded down with gifts and were on our way to drop them off at the house.  1 mile away from the house, the transmission started to go out on the truck.  Eric pushed down on the gas and nothing happend.  The breath prayer "please let us get home, please let us get home" raced through my mind over and over again.  We made it.  Totally not logical, but we made it into the driveway.

Yesterday, I made the most amazing cookies ever.  Peanut butter cookies with mini Reese's cups pushed into the middle of them.  A-MA-ZING!  Today, the kids and I went to see "Tangled" with our neighbor and her kids.  Cute movie!  The horse, Maximus, cracked me up!  Definitely not just a "girly movie".  Kyle enjoyed it too.  Great humor the whole way through, with a beautiful message at the end.  Definitely a "must see".  Now, I am getting ready to park myself on the couch and watch "Eclipse" for the first time.  Ahhhh...vacation.  Gotta love it.