Here's the Plan, Stan

Just in case you are curious as to what I will be up to the next few days...

Oy Vey!

Family arrived early this afternoon so we are in for more than I had originally planned. I made one MORE trip to HyVee today to pick up decorating supplies and additional lunch items. Luckily, I have stuff on hand for the extra meals that popped up.

We had a nice night out at Ruby Tuesdays...Michael was very good in the restaurant. I ate a lot- salad bar, burger and fries. But also, I skipped lunch. And by skipping I mean I finished my bowl of oatmeal that had been sitting on the counter since breakfast. Motherhood-it's glamorous. :o)

In other news-the house is clean, baby is happy and momma is showered and even plucked her eyebrows. It's going to be a great Christmas!

Christmas Itinerary

Tuesday, December 22: Inlaws arrive; go out to eat at Ruby Tuesdays

Wednesday, December 23rd:

• prep: fruit salad, pizza toppings, veggie pizza, chili, graham cracker houses, cornbread
  

• Lunch: soup/salad
• Dinner (Susan, Jen, Ellie arrive): BBQ pork sandwiches, chips, lettuce salad
  

Thursday, December 24th – Christmas Eve

• Breakfast: eggs/bacon, orange rolls, grapefruit
• Morning activity: graham cracker gingerbread houses or decorating sugar cookies
  

• Lunch

  • Sandwich & Salad

• 3 pm- Christmas Eve Service at Church (will need to leave house by 2:15).

  • Simon Estes is singing at the 3 pm service. There are also 5pm, 7pm, 9pm, and 11pm services, but I thought this would be a nice time for dinner/bedtimes

• 5 pm Appetizers- meatballs + veggie pizza

• 6 pm Dinner

  • Chili, chicken chili + cornbread and fixings
    

• 7 pm Christmas Carols, coffee, cookies

• 7:30 pm family games or movie
  

Friday, December 25th – Christmas Day

• 8 a.m. Hot Breakfast

  • Baked french toast, sausage, eggs, kolaches

• Presents and stockings! (after Steve, Julie, Lauren and Andy arrive)

• additional morning activites: craft or playing with gifts

• 1pm- Christmas Dinner

  • Prime Rib, potatoes, salad

• afternoon activities: games or wii and naps

• 5pm – Ice Skating downtown Des Moines? (hours: 5-9pm)

  • Brenton Skating plaza (brentonplaza.com)

• 7 pm Make your own mini pizzas dinner + family movie

Saturday, December 26th

• 8 am Cold Breakfast

  • kolaches, muffins, yogurt, granola, fruit, juice, coffee

• 10 am Snow Tubing at Seven Oaks in Boone? (opens at 10 a.m.)

  • Sevenoaksrec.com

  • can rent tubes for tubing hill, also lodge area for adults to relax if they aren't tubing

• Lunch

  • casserole, salad, bread (Susan and Jen)