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Christmas 2022
On Friday we made crepes for breakfast.
The girls baked and decorated birthday cakes for Jesus.
We had two different kinds of pasta for dinner and then exchanged gifts amongst the four of us.
The cakes turned out wonderfully.
Saturday morning we made crepes for breakfast again and awaited the arrival of Grandpa and Grandma Froemming and Uncle John and Auntie Christel.
We picked up lunch once everyone arrived and launched into 'Loaded Questions' and snacks until it was time to get ready for the 4:00 church service.
Holly and I realized we were holiday ying and yang! :-)
We got organized for a few family photos.
Clara made our beautiful napkin rings for Christmas dinner.
On to gifts!
Hey, look who made an appearance and gifted Brynn a gigantic box of fruit snacks. 💜
Brynn took charge of tracking Santa's whereabouts.
We watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Classic!
Ready for Santa.
It said, "You are the most talented person ever. Leave a note!"
He did (leave a note)...and a few crumbs.
Brynn settled in next to the tree, but only for a little rest before she headed down to her bed for the night.
Clara could hardly contain herself and was up at the latest at 6:30...that's the time she arrived at my bedside anyhow. I'm pretty sure she was awake and restraining herself for as long as possible before she came to our room. I held her off until almost 7:00 with her snuggling next to me in bed. The plan was to wake Brynn (which is why I was trying to get her to wait as long as possible), but when Clara went to rouse Brynn, she opted to sleep and said she'd open her gifts later). So, we dug in. I got some goodies in my stocking!
Grandpa, Grandma and Clara made a delicious Christmas morning breakfast of bacon, caramel rolls and pancakes.
This is what you could find Clara doing most of the day today. She and Dana did watch the live action Aladdin movie, but otherwise she powered through three Baby-sitter's Club graphic novels....of which she had received the box set from Grandpa and Grandma.
I had a hankerin' for some fresh air so I bundled up for a walk this afternoon. It had warmed up to about -4 so that seemed ok. It was snowing and looked so beautiful.
I encountered some turkeys along the way.
Feeling a little like a popsicle.
The rest of the afternoon was spent relaxing, more book reading by Clara and the girls made hot cocoa bombs with a set of molds they received from Santa.
We had a wonderful Christmas! We planned out our Christmas Vacation bucket list activities for this next week tonight, some of which include our gingerbread house decorating contest, sledding, ice and roller skating, a visit to the Plains Art Museum, breakfast at Starbucks, morning movie (A Christmas Story) and a reading afternoon. I think that's most of it! We have a few appointments and projects to do in between the fun stuff too.
We're looking forward to celebrating with the Dietz/Weckerly crew next weekend over New Year's.
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Tessa said…
Aw, great times! Your holiday drink looks delicious. You and Holly looked fab! Great family pictures. That's sweet that Brooklyn got to pop over. Elise and Oliver were also on the Santa tracker! He was in South America before Oliver went to bed. Great movie selection for Christmas Eve. Benjamin used to love those "Who Would Win?" books. Brynn's shark sandals are so funny. Love your new coat! Merry Christmas!
Clara and I walked over to the high school for a boys' soccer game. They were pretty impressive to watch. Elise and Clara had fun raking leaves and Grandpa and Grandma's lake. Well, I know Clara had a great time for sure. I can't remember if I had posted that Dana did away with the garden and planted grass where it once was. So, Clara mowed that section. It was a perfect size for her to tackle. She might have found herself a summer job already. An amazing double rainbow! Thank you to those who donated for Clara's school walk-a-thon which took place last Monday. Dana and I were able to go watch and then joined in for some laps as well. Benny the Eagle was out there cheering the kids on too. Dana was busy making monster cookies for his annual hunting trip up north with his Dad and family friends. He kindly left some behind for us...which are long since gone now. :-) Grandma Holly came up while the guys were gone and took Clara shopping and the girls for lunch on Saturday
The kids rolled out and baked sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. We finished our thankful pumpkin. I saw this in the store and given the season, it took me right back to my Grandma D's house on Thanksgiving and the bowl of walnuts she'd have on her table with the nutcracker. I wanted to buy it just for nostalgia purposes. Cora and Clara made these adorable turkey crafts at the crafternoon at the library. On Tuesday we went downtown for the tree lighting at Broadway Square. Abby, Hubert's sister, joined us as well. She just turned 10, so she got along pretty well with Clara. They had s'mores kits so we had to toast some mallows right away. I love how Clara's marshmallow is completely ablaze and she's still posing for the photo. Hahaha. We had to visit the reindeer too. I made them do jazz hands. And then, of course, we had to hit up Blackbird afterward. Our Wednesday morning XaBeat class. We were feelin' pretty festive. The girls had Wednesday off from school,
Brynn put together our May Day baskets and did a fantastic job. Clara and I did the deliveries... And we received one as well with these beautiful flowers. It was from Clara's friend, Cora, and her fam. We went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday to best accommodate schedules this week. I got to open my cards and gifts when we got home. I had picked up a slice of puppy chow cake at Sonder Bakehouse so we all shared that. Then Brynn and I went out to play a little tennis. It was a beautiful day outside. I had taken Friday (my actual birthday) off of work and Tessa came up to have brunch with me. We had Black Coffee + Waffle Bar. It was so fun. Then May did my hair as it was overdue for a cut and color. Dana and I were able to go out just us two while Brynn took Clara to her school fun night...not only that, but Brynn also volunteered to sell tickets/wristbands (I was originally going to do it) so that I didn't have to and could go out. 💜 I had a coup
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