The Day After...

We wanted to let you know that Santa made it onto base with apparently little difficulty, and made a generous delivery to the Maschger household! Here it is the day after and the girls spent the day playing with their favorite toys dressed in their nightgowns they got from Mrs. Claus. Maddie came down the stairs this morning, and asked if she could wear her nightgown all day today :-) We'll have to let Mrs. Claus know she did a great job picking those out!

Miles headed back to work today, after stopping off at Andrews AFB for his annual flight check-up. Can't think of anything I would rather do on the day after Christmas then go to the doctor's! On his way off base, he got stopped as the base did a lock down for an Air Force One take off...does it get any more exciting?

The girls, as mentioned, spent the day playing with their "take" from Christmas Day. Emma got a play kitchen, and Maddie got a stroller, high chair, swing, and bed for her babies (which is anything that she can hold and has a face!) All the ingredients for hours of play...if not for the fact that Emma wanted the stroller only when Maddie had it...and Maddie only wanted to "cook" when Emma was at the stove! :-) Sound familiar to anyone? The stroller actually spent most of the day in time out :-) We ended the day with the girls snuggling on the couch watching "The Wizard of Oz" for the first time. They are HUGE fans of the VeggieTales version, "The Wonderful World of Ha's"...so we thought they might enjoy the original. They did! :-)

So, this evening for dinner, we had leftover stew. Emma is on a new diet...she doesn't eat ANYTHING for dinner. She can pack away 2 bowls of cereal...if we let her, or a couple of pbj's at lunch...if we let her, but when it comes to dinner, she conveniently forgets how to eat. That is actually what she tells us, "I don't know how to eat." Anyway, this evening, we told her that she could either eat her stew, and then watch the movie...or she could go to bed. She places her chin in her hand, looks up to the ceiling with the deepest look of sincere contemplation...taps her chin with one finger and says, "Hmmm..let's think about this..." She ate the required three bites, and another crisis averted! :-)

Me? Well, I spent the day trying to keep the peace, finish our "Christmas" cards (they'll get in the mail tomorrow!), and working on our commissary list, as we will need to make a run SOON! The excitement...

We love you all...