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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!
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