After meeting her other Great Grandparents and great Auntie Susan, she got to meet her (Uncles) Winston and Oliver (well, o.k. --- they are actually Grammy’s two dogs), all for the very first time. She braved the usual Christmas pace. Even though she did not prepare a dish to pass, she wound up being the most well received guest at each of the family dinners. She attended midnight service on Christmas Eve at the same church where her parents were married. Finally, one last meal at Bisnonno’s in Windsor, Canada and she was heading back home. One more lovely evening spent right off the Ohio Turnpike and Chiara declared, “Virginia or Bust”!
Despite logging over 1,200 miles, Chiara made an attempt to venture up to see her grandparents in NJ. Unfortunately, the traffic was so bad that her parents had much less stamina than her and they had to turn back home.
All totaled, Chiara traveled approximately 1,320 miles and logged over 25 hours on the road, with about 21 hours spent in her little sleigh (seen pictured here)! Chiara has already elected to play Santa next year instead of one of his reindeer. She is particularly interested in the role of eating cookies and drinking milk next to her own Christmas tree rather than the part of flying through the night and delivering packages to all of the other children! ;-)
