Merry Christmas 2011!

We've been blessed with another very merry Christmas!

Santa came, and he was hungry!

 D was delighted that he had the time to answer her questions, and many of his responses were what she had predicted.

     Favorite color: RED

     Favorite food: COOKIES!

 C had a very "Cars 2" Christmas! Happy boy!

 Our family at Christmas mass at Assumption Cathedral. (Thank you C, for adding your own special touch to the moment!)

 Admiring the baby Jesus.

We enjoyed brunch with friends and then spent the afternoon and evening playing with new toys. Lots of fun!
Tonight we'll welcome T's family who will be visiting for the next few weeks. More adventures to come for all of us.
We hope everyone had a spectacular day!

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

The children are nestled all snug in their beds, full of Christmas cheer. Santa is on his way!

Last night we had our friends, the Gros family, over for dinner and fun. Everyone was in the Christmas spirit!

And we had carolers too! That's our Tess on the far right, lucky us!

We began today golf carting around the area handing out bags of oranges and a leaflet with the story of Christ's birth. The church in our community puts this event on every Christmas Eve and the 4 of us were thrilled to be a part of it this year.

Then, smelling like oranges, we went to the show. Arthur Christmas was a great movie! It had awesome, imaginative explanations for the mystery of Santa Claus. But, D explained to me, this was just a movie and these are just "examples" of how it might work. No one really knows how Santa gets it all done.

 We had a nice, quiet Christmas Eve with D and C. Dinner, baths, the annual reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas, and cookies and milk for Santa.

I hope Santa has time to answer all of D's questions. Definately and inquiring mind...

Merry merry Christmas everyone!

Chillin' with the Guys

I came home from the gym this morning and found C in the driveway with the drivers from our neighborhood. He'd pulled up his little lawn chair to their chess game. Not sure if he can understand anything they are saying but perhaps he's picking up some Thai and how to play chess!