Well...I feel it, the magical spirit of Christmas! Yesterday we went to the apartment to deliver the gifts and food to the little girl and her family. When we went to pick up the food we realized the police had already done it. So w
we just went straight to the apartment and knocked. No one answered for the longest time and then the little girl came and it sounded like she was going to answer the door. After a lot of yelling in Spanish she opened the door and happily said, "Hola!" Anyway, she seemed really happy when we were leaving about the gifts. Let me just say my mom had some mad Spanish skills and was using them whenever possible. After waiting for about six hours the other O'Learys came (my cousins, uncle, and aunt) and we me, Hannah, mom, and dad set out to the special surprise. I suspected it was Chick-Fil-A and then ice-skating considering my mom told me to wear two pairs of long socks, a scarf, and a warm jacket. I was blind folded in the car with my own scarf. Lights started getting really bright so I thought we were coming to a lights show since my mom said I could be dressing warmly cause we're going outside. Man, I disappointed! Then we went outside (still blind-folded) and we walked. I heard "Thank you Mister Bailey." in an official voice and I asked if Mr.Bailey had anything to do with it. I smelled salsa ,and Chinese food. I tripped a couple of times because Hannah and my mom forgot to tell me to step up. Suddenly my mom told me to open my eyes. I was staring down on the second floor at the Galleria ice-skating rink with it's huge Christmas tree! I was so excited! First my mom told me I could pick anywhere in the mall to eat before we went ice skating and then get a special drink later. We walked around and I finally chose La Madeline. Me and Hannah shared a bowl of french onion soup and each got our own grilled cheese. Then Hannah was about to put her long socks on when she realized she had thrown one of socks at her brother Chad and forgot it. Luckily I had two pairs on and gave one to Hannah. I got in trouble by my Dad for doing that in a restraunt. Finally it wasa time to skate. After waiting in line for litterally an hour, it was time. When I I first got on the first thought that was in my mind was "This is not like rollerblading. I cannot do this. The ice was slick and wet and had ridges from skates all over it even though it had barely been like three minutes when the guy took the line down. I wobbled on knowing this was a disaster. After awhile me and Hannah kind of got the hang of it. We had only been skating once before (me three her seven, different times of course!). It was so crowded. After awhile me and Hannah were doing basic wide spins and weaving at top speed through the crowd. It was fun! Somehow we always met up after we weaved through the crowd. Me and her only fell once. She was doing a spin and lost her balance, and I was doing a spin and someone ran into me. Iceskates do not have brakes. It seemed as though we had been on the ice for days and when the zamboni came it seemed like hours until he was finished. Hannah during those lovely two hours knocked over a little boy, and I whacked a little girl in the eye, on accident of course. After we got of (VERY reluctantly) we went to Sonic and got a cream slush, me blue coconut and her cherry. Then we went home my Aunt Tina was making adorable cupcakes! It was such a fun time. And I'm going to get to see them again on Tuesday (maybe Monday). It was a splendid time.
we just went straight to the apartment and knocked. No one answered for the longest time and then the little girl came and it sounded like she was going to answer the door. After a lot of yelling in Spanish she opened the door and happily said, "Hola!" Anyway, she seemed really happy when we were leaving about the gifts. Let me just say my mom had some mad Spanish skills and was using them whenever possible. After waiting for about six hours the other O'Learys came (my cousins, uncle, and aunt) and we me, Hannah, mom, and dad set out to the special surprise. I suspected it was Chick-Fil-A and then ice-skating considering my mom told me to wear two pairs of long socks, a scarf, and a warm jacket. I was blind folded in the car with my own scarf. Lights started getting really bright so I thought we were coming to a lights show since my mom said I could be dressing warmly cause we're going outside. Man, I disappointed! Then we went outside (still blind-folded) and we walked. I heard "Thank you Mister Bailey." in an official voice and I asked if Mr.Bailey had anything to do with it. I smelled salsa ,and Chinese food. I tripped a couple of times because Hannah and my mom forgot to tell me to step up. Suddenly my mom told me to open my eyes. I was staring down on the second floor at the Galleria ice-skating rink with it's huge Christmas tree! I was so excited! First my mom told me I could pick anywhere in the mall to eat before we went ice skating and then get a special drink later. We walked around and I finally chose La Madeline. Me and Hannah shared a bowl of french onion soup and each got our own grilled cheese. Then Hannah was about to put her long socks on when she realized she had thrown one of socks at her brother Chad and forgot it. Luckily I had two pairs on and gave one to Hannah. I got in trouble by my Dad for doing that in a restraunt. Finally it wasa time to skate. After waiting in line for litterally an hour, it was time. When I I first got on the first thought that was in my mind was "This is not like rollerblading. I cannot do this. The ice was slick and wet and had ridges from skates all over it even though it had barely been like three minutes when the guy took the line down. I wobbled on knowing this was a disaster. After awhile me and Hannah kind of got the hang of it. We had only been skating once before (me three her seven, different times of course!). It was so crowded. After awhile me and Hannah were doing basic wide spins and weaving at top speed through the crowd. It was fun! Somehow we always met up after we weaved through the crowd. Me and her only fell once. She was doing a spin and lost her balance, and I was doing a spin and someone ran into me. Iceskates do not have brakes. It seemed as though we had been on the ice for days and when the zamboni came it seemed like hours until he was finished. Hannah during those lovely two hours knocked over a little boy, and I whacked a little girl in the eye, on accident of course. After we got of (VERY reluctantly) we went to Sonic and got a cream slush, me blue coconut and her cherry. Then we went home my Aunt Tina was making adorable cupcakes! It was such a fun time. And I'm going to get to see them again on Tuesday (maybe Monday). It was a splendid time.
