As the last of my out-of-town siblings are traveling back home today, and as Matt returns to work this morning, I am able to take a breath and re-live the precious moments we had over Christmas Vacation.
Matt's brother, Mike, started off the gift-giving. He stopped by one day on his way to work. He gave the children a book about the true meaning of Christmas...and even stayed to read it to them!
Nathan was excited about the book also, but probably would have tried to eat it. We kept him in his booster and he appreciated the gift from a distance.
We went to the Pernot's house for the Christmas Eve activities. This includes, but is not limited to, gingerbread house making, the Feast of the Seven Fish, gift-giving, a Christmas Concert/Sing Along, and watching Christmas Specials.
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| Our gift to Matt's parents |
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| Teaching Sarah the intricacies of holding together a gingerbread house |
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| Joseph, my little engineer |
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Nathan, enjoying his favorite gift:
Tissue paper. |
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| Just a glimpse of the gifts given to the babies. |
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| The Pernot's house is on a street that is documented in the newspaper most years as the place to take a drive during the holiday season. Crazy! The girl across the street sells popcorn and hot cocoa for motorists each weekend. There is so much traffic during Christmas, that we have to triple the time it takes to get to the Pernot's house for a party. |
Such precious memories.......so glad we could be together :) And I will cherish the blanket always!
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