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In keeping in the Wennerstrom family tradition (and I love me a good family tradition...much to Rob's dismay), we headed over to get our Xmas tree from Beaver!  He sells it to us every year (thanks to my parent's recommendation).  This year was our record fastest "finding the tree" ever...I would say we were there for a total of 5 minutes and that's including paying....but it was about 9 degrees at the time!!!  Here's the beaut:

And again, keeping in Wennerstrom family tradition, the girls and I decorated the tree while Rob watched football!  He claimes men don't decorate trees!  But he did help with the star.   (Okay, to be fair, I should mention that he was outside putting up the lights for a good portion of the afternoon while this mama took a nap to help in the recovery from girl's night out..see below).  This year was the first year the girls really did a lot of the decorating...notice all the ornaments clumped together at the bottom.  It was also a record for the most dropped and broke....good thing I stocked up on crazy glue!

"Best Tree Ever!"  (And that's Caitlin putting up the star..I thought it was Abigail at first glance!)

I think they love our tree! 

In keeping with other traditions...I went shopping with my girlfriends for the 14th year in a row!  There is something about being on Michigan Avenue with the girls to really get the Xmas season started...or it could be the many Peppermint mochas consumed...followed by the many glasses of wine! 

Rob stayed with the girls and they had a really great weekend bonding together.  It was really good for all of them.  The proof is below!  We took the girls on Sunday to Chuck E Cheese (first time ever) to celebrate Cally's 4th birthday.   Cally was the under 1 lb baby born the same time as Abigail and part of the amazing family we met in the NICU.  It was so great to celebrate such a beautiful, healthy girl...and a great friendship that has continued outside the walls of the hospital!  Anyways, there were lots of games played...and the girls got to play a few too.  (Oh, is this where I should mention I kicked Rob's butt in basketball....twice....16 to 8....He will love this).  Okay, back to the story. 

Below is what happened when Chuck E Cheese came out:

Lots of tears.  Oh boy, Disney World should be fun....anyways, look at this.  They both wanted Daddy and no one wanted Mommy.  I was defeated!!!!!

And finally, a random picture.  For dinner on Saturday night, my friends and I ate at Sable, where the executive chef Heather is currently on Top Chef. As luck would have it, she was our chef that night.  And also, she happened to win the episode of Top Chef this week so we got to taste her winning Right Side Up Pineapple Cake...served by Heather. Very cool for us Top Chef lovers!!! 

And so, the chaos and fun that is Xmas continues!!!!!