day 7.

Dad and Mom,

ok... we miss you. I think we are all ready for you to come home! We had a good day- since nobody had to leave first thing for work, we slept in...Behn, Tovala, Asher, Sylvia and I came down, sat by the fire and watched Frosty the Snowman until everyone else got up (other than Hannah, who still doesn't know how to sleep in). Then Behn made potato pancakes (with a little help).

I had a meeting to go to, but Hannah made Christmas cookies with everyone!!

They made spritz cookies, Russian tea cookies, ginger snaps, and lemon sugar cookies.

When I got home they were still in the thick of several batches of cookies!!

This is when you guys called today, I think Sylvia liked talking to you over the speaker phone!

Sylvia and I weren't being much help, so we decided to run and get milk....

when we got back all the kids were sledding, so Hannah and I cleaned up the kitchen - then everyone came in and we had milk and cookies!!

:D we had a fun time!! Being quite tired of the kitchen, Hannah and I went for a walk and left Joel in charge of deciding what was for dinner... 15 minutes later we got back and he had ordered pizza. To tell you the truth, we were both very happy! NO MESS!!! ;) Thanks Joel and Eli!!

Now we are sitting in the livingroom, about to watch Miracle on 34th Street... then, I am not sure, but I think we are going to play hide and seek in the dark!

Drive safely! We can't wait to see you tomorrow! Love you!