Merry Christmas 2009!
Spreading reindeer food before sunset Christmas Eve in our back yard...
more reindeer food...
...a tad bit more just to be sure!
Move over Julia Child!
Hand knit blankets and new pjs... Twas the night before Christmas!
Tracking Santa's sleigh online...
A pink Hello Kitty! "I've been a good girl and Santa brought me the most perfect gift."
Pops and Adelaide visit bearing wonderful gifts.
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Bubby and grandfather brought a new raincoat for Margaret, Converse for AP and lots of new baby dolls clothes for Abigail and her many dollies.
Abby and Patrick and the spirit of Christmas!
The girls the day after Christmas...looking a bit tired from all the festivities!
After baking and playing in the snow all week, the ice melted enough and we were able to pay a visit to Mrs. Bower, my library assistant, who knitted each one of the children their own blankets.
On the 24th, after spreading Reindeer food in our yard, we attended Christmas eve service at a new church since ours was canceled due to too much snow in the parking lot.
Pops came after and we had homemade Hawaiian pizza w/ wheat crust that the kids and I made.
Christmas morning Abby got sick at the breakfast table... but was instantly better after I changed her and cleaned up.
Unfortunately, Pop's German Shepard pup Adelaide would not use the bathroom no matter how many times he walked her out in the freezing rain and he finally got so frustrated by it, he went home after some homemade pea soup and some Irish brown bread we made w/ the bread machine.
Hits for the day included a pocket knife, rock tumbler and wood burning kit for AP... fancy high heels and a pottery wheel for Margaret, and a pink Hello Kitty, a Playdough burger maker and Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe for Abby.
The next afternoon, Bubby and Grandfather came and we played "Hyper Dash" which was a blast for the whole family. We opened more presents and ate some yummy wraps from Wegman's and spaghetti pie.
Tonight we are opening presents from Dadu and Nana. It's been a nice Christmas. This week's project is to finish our gingerbread house!
