Archives for December 2009

The day after Christmas we awoke at Grandma Edith's house, had a breakfast of waffles with fruit and tried to coax the kids to get their clothes on while we waited for everyone else to arrive. (See above, Allan is still wearing his pajama shirt.) When everyone was there it was time for presents. You […]

On Christmas morning we were in a hurry to get everyone ready and get in the car for the hour long drive to Grandma and Grandpa George's house. It's always hard to convince the kids that they have to leave most of their new presents at home. We were able to make into the car […]

We are counting our blessings this year. We are lucky to be able to give our children lots of gifts for Christmas. On Christmas Eve morning Santa had arrived with a floor full of packages, accompanied by  more gifts from Steve and myself. Hearing Lorelei and Allan in the baby monitor that morning was comical. […]

On Wednesday we opened gifts again. Charlie got a bead roller coaster. He loved it, so did the other kids. Later in the day they pretended they were making almonds using the roller coaster. I am not sure why the beads remind them of nuts, but at one point Allan said, "Dad let's play Uncle […]

  Lorelei and Allan opened presents from Charlie on Tuesday. They got Zhu Zhu Pet beds and blankets. They put them to sleep using their gifts at their nap times and bed time that night. We also opened a family gift that day. We all got the game Hungry Hungry Hippos. We played it a […]

Have I told you about our baby we have renamed Truffle? Remember the truffles we made earlier in the week? Little Charlie has grown addicted to them. If everyone eats their dinner, then afterward we let them have a truffle or other small treat. The other night Lorelei gets the truffle container out of the […]

Wishing you all safe travels and happy holidays! I will be updating our last week of advent activities soon…