Yes!
Today represented the turning point from "heavy school load" to "complete break" for two full weeks.
Today was it.
We closed the books, put everything nicely in the closet and then
stared at each other,
not quite sure how to begin the relaxation process.
It was rather comical
and typical of us.
Let's go out for lunch! That became the plan of the moment.
A few stops here and there to pick up Christmas items, a nice lunch, and we were beginning to unwind and imagine ourselves free from the pursuits of learning.
After lunch, Madeleine and I decided to go to the bank and open an account for her.
She has been selling quite a bit of her jewelry, babysitting and earning money from birthday parties.
What a riot of an experience at the bank. We were told repeatedly that we are
"gold" clients
and aren't we so lucky that we are
"gold" clients
and here is a free cup and here is free promotion, etc. because we are "gold" clients. Wow.
What a dog and pony show it was.
Madeleine had no idea what to make of this old-fashioned sales push. All we wanted to do was open up an account for her paltry earnings. We spent over an hour at the bank.
That was
no way
to begin our two week holiday break.
So, we decided to return home and begin...
Baking.
Cookies.
Gingerbreadman cookies to be exact.
Slowly, the wonderful smells of gingerbread filled the house. Patrick came home with a huge grin and eager to begin his holiday break. Cold beer in hand he declared himself
at peace with the world!
He surprised us with a just released copy of the movie "Despicable Me".
Whoop!
Gingerbread men were followed by batches of snickerdoodle cookies, chocolate chip cookies, Swedish ginger cookies and a batch of dough for a brioche loaf.
That is just today!!
More baking to follow in the next couple of days. Unfortunately, after the baking will come the Christmas cleaning...
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