As a kid, you can not wait for Christmas to get here. That is definitely the case in our house. The girls have advent calendars, chain link countdowns, and as kids in 2012 would have, I PAD countdowns going!
However, as an adult, I wish the days would slow down. I absolutely love the magic of the Christmas season and wish we had more than 6 days left until we have to wait a whole 'nother year.
In the wake of the horrific ordeal at Sandy Hook last Friday, my Christmas priorities have quickly changed. I had planned on Christmas shopping most of this weekend. However, every time I was about to head out, one of the girls would ask me to watch a Christmas movie or do a Christmas activity with them...and that just seemed so much more important. So we may have a few less gifts under the tree....but we have spent some great quality time together. One night after dinner, Abigail asked if we could look at Christmas lights..so we all piled in the car and drove around the neighborhood looking at lights and singing Christmas songs in the car. Another night we watched Christmas movies and ate popcorn.
Sunday, we celebrated Christmas at the Glure Christmas party. Fun was had by all...
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| Libby met Santa for the first time. This picture melts my heart...and is being framed! |
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| Abigail with Santa |
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| Caitlin's reaction to Santa was mixed. She was happy to "see" him...but the second he called her name to get her present, there was LOUD screaming. She cuddled with Uncle B for a while and appreciated her present...but not Santa! |
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| Patrick met Santa for the 1st time!!!!! |
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| Every year, the number of kids gets bigger and bigger...3 "newbies" were added this year!!! Libby is sleeping in Santa's arms! |
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| And apparently a Christmas party wouldn't be complete without a little "Gangnam Style"...they said they were doing it for the kids, but I spy 5 adults...and 2 kids! Abigail definitely got into it!!!! |
Thank you Glures for another GREAT Christmas party!!!!!! We are very excited to celebrate Patrick and Libby's 1st Christmas together!
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On Friday, I had a Christmas luncheon at my work. Libby decided to come with..and looked as cute as every in her Christmas dress!
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| The girls made Christmas cookies. Caitlin used a whole thing of sprinkles on her first cookie...I apparently need to supervise a little better! :) |
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| Making their gingerbread house. They actually did a GREAT job...they did all the candy by themselves! I love this picture! |
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| "not a creature was stirring...not even a mouse....." |
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Last night, we decided to check out the living windows. The Nutcracker was performed in the store windows in our local downtown area. It was really cute..there were for girls dancing in the windows. We decided to make it a girls' night...thank you Grandma and Nana for coming with us! It was a fun night of dancing and hot chocolate...and I can't wait to go back next year!
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| Their "favorite" ballerina |
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| Watching the magic of The Nutcracker |
We are definitely in the Christmas spirit in our house. In fact, Caitlin came downstairs this morning (with her reindeer from Build-A-Bear in her hand) and her first words out of her mouth, even before good morning, were "Do you know the Rudolph song?" However, we are switching gears today because Abigail is celebrating her 5th birthday at school today. Then tomorrow and Friday we are back to Christmas with both girl having a Christmas performance at school...and then Saturday back to birthday day with Abigail turning 5!!!! We are definitely staying busy around here!
Birthday pictures to come!!!!
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