Yay for Christmas!

I am a giddy little girl. I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

This weekend I went to NYC with my sister, Julie. I was supposed to go with a few of my friends, but they all bailed last weekend. I was sad because I had been looking forward to this trip for many weeks! I've wanted to see Christmas in NYC for years and since this year I'm not traveling home for Christmas, I could actually do it. Anyway, luckily Julie agreed to come and it was SO much fun! She had never been to New York so it was extra exciting for her. I was glad that she came along because I knew that she would have the same exciting reactions as I would to everything.

Richard was kind enough to let us stay with him, so all we had to pay for was our transportation (and lunch on Saturday). It was the cheapest trip to NYC I've ever taken! Thanks Richard!

Here are some fun pictures from our trip:

Me & Julie in Times Square

Julie trying her best to squeeze some chocolate onto my tongue..

Me & Julie in front of some cool giant ornaments

View of Saks 5th Ave from Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Tree!

Another view

Julie and the toy soldier

Me and the toy soldier

Richard and the lady toy soldier

Rockefeller skate rink

Me & Julie with a REAL toy soldier in front of FAO Schwartz

So now I am REALLY in the Christmas spirit! I'm so excited for our whole family to be together this year. It has been 10 years or more since we have all been together. I've also found myself expressing my excitement by migrating toward the kitchen more and more to bake some Christmas goodies! This is a new thing for me, but I sure am enjoying it! I've made mini pumpkin pies, brownies with candy cane Hershey kisses, molasses cookies, & sugar cookies with homemade frosting. This week I will be making some peanut butter white chocolate yumminess. This is my bribe to get my friends to go see the DC trees with me this week! The more Christmas the better, I say!