We picked up the kids around noontime today. Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus were out on the porch. Inside you could tell they had put out more Christmas decorations since we left. She doesn’t want to put out too many this year. With all the packing that is needing to be done and has already been done, she doesn’t want to unpack all the Christmas things only to have to turn around and pack them back up again.

It was good seeing her again since it’s been a little while. Toward the middle of November, she left to spend almost two weeks including Thanksgiving with my sister-in-law and her family. It looked like they had a good time from the pictures. My daughter was in need of a Christmas dance dress. While we were out to eat last night they sent of pictures of several dresses she’d tried on. I felt then like I had forgotten about her.

But I also know shopping is one of the things they do together. My daughter wasn’t totally sold on the dress she bought, so she would still like to check out the consignment store in Sherman. That is usually something she and I do together. We found her homecoming dress there for $10. Before we left, my mother-in-law said she could take my other son shopping for clothes sometime after school this week.