That's a Wrap!

The Mayans put on the calendar the end of the world today, but evidently there must have been a scheduling conflict or something, as the world did not end as some may have thought.  It's all related to their calendar, and how there weren't any dates left on it or something like that.  The malls sell calendars that run out of dates too, but nobody seems to panic about them.

Anyway, on today of all days, the phrase "that's a wrap" seems oddly appropriate - as that's what Jingle surprised Madison with this morning.  He literally put gift wrap over her front door, as seen below:

When she crawled under this morning, she was able to see the culprit:

Yep, there he is with scissors and tape - he's been quite wrapped up in getting her a surprise each morning.  Can't wait to see what he's got planned the rest of the week.  That is, unless the Mayans somehow missed it.

Today was a "sick" day for Madison and Mommy, who spent much of the day resting as they needed to.  Originally, we had plans to go places and do things, but the day seemed best with us inside the house, and not out in this weather.

Speaking of which, the wind was dramatic today.  The Nativity set blew down, the Christmas trees blew down, and the wreaths were blowing around too.  Everyone had to go out and clean up, but we all probably should have just waited for the wind to die down.  It started late last night, and continued all the way until early this evening - very strong winds, all day long.  Add to that a temperature plunge: it was well below freezing with the wind chill around.  It was a perfect day to stay inside, and put a fire in the fireplace.  We watched Christmas movies - and Daddy did a little work as well, but he stayed home today to help watch over his girls who were under the weather.

All in all, the end of the world was a rather quiet, relaxed sort of day.  We all went to bed a little early tonight - Daddy had to crawl under the wrapping paper with Madison, and we read Christmas stories and even sang some Christmas songs together before drifting off for a long winter's nap.