This Christmas season was especially fun. Maybe it was because we just came back from vacation, maybe it was all the wine, or maybe it was because the girls are old enough to understand and participate in Christmas traditions. Whatever it was, this Christmas was so great this year!
Tuesday before Christmas, December 19, Olivia sang "The lights on the tree" and "Feliz Navidad" with her class in the Holiday Show.
You can find O in the second row behind the little girl wearing a black shirt with pink pom poms dancing enthusiastically. School shows are truly an exercise in patience, not with children, but with other adults! Ok, deep breath, it's over now...until next year... ... ...😟
Friday before Christmas, December 22, Jayla performed with her Glee Club.
In case you're wondering why the video is so short it's because I couldn't record and sob hysterically with pride without shaking the camera. I also needed both hands to wipe away the tears while I cry-smiled encouragement to Jayla. Now that I think about it I hope I didn't scare her...
On Christmas Eve the girls helped make cookies for Santa and wrote him letters.
Laila hand-wrote Santa an "email"...she doesn't get the concept yet
On Christmas Day we woke up and found that Santa ate the cookies the girls left him and he left them presents!
Then we went to church and afterwards the girls walked through the beautiful Nativity scene.
That afternoon the family came over and hilarity ensued!
Christine couldn't tell our dad and Tito Ric apart.
Our White Elephant this year was full of cool gifts, unforeseen steals and heartbreaking steal-backs! I have no pictures of the carnage, but it was hilariously brutal.
I'm so glad we got to spend Christmas all together, and I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. I'll confess Christmas started losing it's excitement and wonder as I grew older. But now that the girls get so excited for Santa and the birth of Jesus and the Nativity Scene and being with family, I'm feeling it again. I can't wait for next year!
It's so true-- children bring magic back to the holiday season!
ReplyDelete