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Dec. 28th, 2004 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckChristmas morning, we continued our running around like crazy people. Scott baked an apple pie (and discovered that Delia loves tart apples). I tried to pull together everything we needed to take to Scott's sister's place. Delia found the one present we'd put out for her and started unwrapping it. She's still enjoying that one, a set of foam squares with puzzle piece edges. Each square has a letter or a number in the middle that punches out. It's a pain to clean up each evening, but... We expected that.
What with one thing and another, we didn't get on the road till nearly two. Delia didn't nap at all. We hoped for at least a little bit of sleeping in the car, but she remained wide awake. Of course, I suspect that we didn't help when we kept feeding her grapes. (We'd been foolish enough to leave grapes in the car overnight, so they were frozen. Delia thought they were absolutely wonderful which made me wonder if she were teething or some such. Then we found out when we got there that she'd been clutching a frozen grape in each hand for most of the trip. I don't know how she could stand it!)
Once we got there, we had no hope of getting Delia to sleep, and she didn't. She kept moving all day until we finally got in the car about 8pm to head home. At that point, she was out like a light.
It was a long day. Looking back, I'm not entirely sure how we spent it. Time both seemed to drag and to slip away. We did a couple of different present exchanges, one with Scott's family and one with Scott's sister's in-laws. The two completed scarves were well received as was the promise of the as yet incomplete one. Delia got several books all new (notable because I'd suggested used books as a better option all around), three more puzzles, a couple of stuffed animals and a couple of other miscellaneous items. Sadly, she was mostly unimpressed by the whole affair. It interfered with her ability to run around the house.
We had lamb for dinner. Scott kept murmuring to me about it not being quite appropriate in his opinion. He was being funny, but I'm glad he didn't say anything loud enough for his parents or sister to hear. They might have understood, but... They also might not.
Delia refused even to try the lamb. I think she's suspicious of red meat because she so seldom sees it. She did eat a little cauliflower, a couple of bacon wrapped dates and some bread. Later on in the evening, she had some chex mix (it can be made Delia-safe with canola oil instead of butter or margarine and a carefully selected Worcestershire sauce (there are one or two with no soy)) and a couple of cookies. Scott's sister lent us a neat cup for Delia-- The handle was a straw. We're going to look for one like it because it was easy to use.
What with one thing and another, we didn't get on the road till nearly two. Delia didn't nap at all. We hoped for at least a little bit of sleeping in the car, but she remained wide awake. Of course, I suspect that we didn't help when we kept feeding her grapes. (We'd been foolish enough to leave grapes in the car overnight, so they were frozen. Delia thought they were absolutely wonderful which made me wonder if she were teething or some such. Then we found out when we got there that she'd been clutching a frozen grape in each hand for most of the trip. I don't know how she could stand it!)
Once we got there, we had no hope of getting Delia to sleep, and she didn't. She kept moving all day until we finally got in the car about 8pm to head home. At that point, she was out like a light.
It was a long day. Looking back, I'm not entirely sure how we spent it. Time both seemed to drag and to slip away. We did a couple of different present exchanges, one with Scott's family and one with Scott's sister's in-laws. The two completed scarves were well received as was the promise of the as yet incomplete one. Delia got several books all new (notable because I'd suggested used books as a better option all around), three more puzzles, a couple of stuffed animals and a couple of other miscellaneous items. Sadly, she was mostly unimpressed by the whole affair. It interfered with her ability to run around the house.
We had lamb for dinner. Scott kept murmuring to me about it not being quite appropriate in his opinion. He was being funny, but I'm glad he didn't say anything loud enough for his parents or sister to hear. They might have understood, but... They also might not.
Delia refused even to try the lamb. I think she's suspicious of red meat because she so seldom sees it. She did eat a little cauliflower, a couple of bacon wrapped dates and some bread. Later on in the evening, she had some chex mix (it can be made Delia-safe with canola oil instead of butter or margarine and a carefully selected Worcestershire sauce (there are one or two with no soy)) and a couple of cookies. Scott's sister lent us a neat cup for Delia-- The handle was a straw. We're going to look for one like it because it was easy to use.
