Christmas in Winthrop

Since my parents ended up spending the holidays in Montreal visiting my Grandfather, who had broken his leg just recently we decided to head east. After numerous discussions of when we would leave, (my hubby thinking as early as possible ie: Tuesday morning, when in fact I had Tuesday all booked up!) we ended up departing Bellingham on Wednesday at around 10:30 AM, which for us I must add, is quite a feat. With cooler, six-pack of wine, numerous bins of food, a huge cardboard box of presents and our suitcases we headed toward Winthrop. Of course there was a stop at the bank to get some cash for the road, a swing by Starbucks for the mandatory latte & scones and a quick detour to our mechanics place to drop off Adam's truck so it could be serviced over the holidays.
We arrived in Winthrop and immediately everyone went into Vacation Mode. Martin stopped answering his phone every five minutes, Adam was playing computer games, Grace hauled the contents of Grandma's toy box all over the living room floor and I went into last minute present production and wrapping. We were expecting Martin's sister Michelle and her boyfriend Jack, as well as my sister & brother in-law Melanie & Matt with their two boys Oscar & Riley. Grace was beyond excited to see her cousin Oscar and to play with him.

Grace did feed the reindeer again this year. She was so cute, called Grandma before we left to make sure she had everything to put into the Reindeer Food. Turned out it was a good thing, as Grandma was all out of tiny marshmallows.
We did a lot of unwrapping on Christmas Morning, playing games & cards, eating lots of good food and had a blast in Winthrop.