Busy Saturday

Yesterday was a jam packed FUN day (and night). First it was the Finnish School's Christmas celebration, complete with a luncheon of the traditional Finnish Christmas foods (I love it, hubby and kids not so much, except the ham and rosolli); then running after the 2-year old during the celebration trying to prevent her from burning down the church (who's idea it was to have all those candles?). An iPad would be the way to keep her occupied, but we never remember to bring one, or a video camera, or a camera, for that matter.. It is just so much work to get everyone out the door in clean clothes and in decent time, that there is no capacity left to think about the little extras.

The second part of the day was a little party at our house. Friends visiting for a Holiday get-together. We consumed lots of food (chicken Provençal & garlic bread, baked salmon, roasted parsnips & carrots, rice with peas and spices), and dessert (warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream, and chocolate bubka), all washed down with bottle after bottle of my favorite cava from Barcelona. It was lots of fun, but I am slightly hungover today, mostly from eating too much I think and being on the run all day. No, the ten bottles of cava have absolutely nothing to
do with it ;-)

When you have a day like that where you need to have an outfit that works for all the situations, it can be tough to decide what to wear. I wore my Kirna Zabete for Target high-low shirt and BR skinnies. It was comfortable and I got compliments on the shirt. The print is actually really nice in real life, but prints don't photograph that well.

Anyway, today will be more low key. Maybe taking the kids to ice skate, but that's it. The next couple of weeks leading up to year-end and Christmas will be tough at work..all kinds of extra events in the evenings too. I will surely gain ten pounds by the end of the year! Need a day of rest and rejuvenation.

Happy second Advent!