Extra Fun Day

This morning Elijah was sad that he wasn't able to "pick" his activity as we usually do (I have all our activities typed out, folded up and in a jar that he picks from at random). But tonight was our church's children's musical, so it was a pre-planned activity; no random choice involved.

However, even though he thought at first it would not be a very fun activity, he loved seeing all his friends, watching them sing and he especially loved the cookies, hot chocolate and all the running around with his pals afterwards.

I forgot my good camera at home, so all we had was our camera phone which doesn't do as well in a dimly lit auditorium, but here we are getting ready to watch the musical.

After the musical I checked my calendar and realized Elijah has a special "Cookie Exchange" at preschool tomorrow and that I needed to have 2 dozen cookies made for him to take to school in the morning. So, our "activity" for the evening wasn't completely over. We decided to make snickerdoodles which are my favorite cookie. Here are some pics from our impromptu cookie making extravaganza.

 Mixing...Elijah's favorite part!

 Pouring the flour

 So many yummy cookies just waiting to go in the oven.

Elijah loved rolling the cookies in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

The cinnamony-sugar goodness after completing our task.

And because I want to give my husband some props, I'd like to tell you another fun part of my day. My sweet husband let me have a 2 hour break from the kids and I truly had fun "getting out of Dodge." A cute little spa place just opened up near our house so I thought I would go check it out. They had a 30 minute foot massage for only $15 so I decided to give it a try. It was AMAZING! While my feet were soaking in warm water, my temples, face, neck, head and shoulders were gently massaged and acupressure was applied. Then my feet went to heaven during the massage and they even rubbed my calf muscles and lower legs. It was fabulous all the special treatment I got, all for only $15. I am definitely going back! Then I went to a new bridal shop that opened up across the street from our place. I was sorely tempted to ask to try on some dresses but suppressed the urge, mostly because I just felt silly asking when I wasn't going to actually be buying. Thank you, Jerod for such a fun little get-away which helped to refresh mind and body!