I had almost two weeks off from work and it was great! Josh was off for a lot of those days so we got a lot of family time in these past couple of weeks. Christmas was so much fun this year! Here is a recap of our Christmas in pictures…
Alannah and I made a gingerbread house and did some baking
On Christmas Eve we spent the afternoon at Grandma’s to visit everyone. We went home for a bit and opened our Christmas Eve presents (PJ’s for everyone to wear Christmas Eve night). We spent the evening at Nana’s, but before we left, we made sure to leave out cookies and mild for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. We had dinner at Nana and Joe’s and spent the evening there opening presents and having a good time!
Christmas morning was so much fun! Having a toddler at Christmas is the best! Santa may have gone overboard this year but it was worth it! Alannah was first surprised that the cookies and carrots were gone. Santa even left her a thank you note! The look on her face when she saw her scooter under the tree was priceless! She rode it around the house for a bit while we ate our monkey bread. We took some time opening presents. Santa brought Alannah some princess dress-up dresses, so we had to take a break for her to put her Cinderella dress on. We spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon playing with toys and then headed to Grandpa’s in the afternoon for more presents and dinner.
We had several days of Christmas celebrations this year, but never got tired of it! I love Christmas and I love it even more now that Alannah is old enough to understand it! The rest of our vacation was spent relaxing and doing a few things as a family. Alannah spent a night with Grandma so Josh and I could go out. We went to dinner and made the rest of the night a Blockbuster night. We also went to Disney on Ice which Alannah absolutely loved! Maybe we’ll make that an annual event.
It’s hard going back to work after that much time off! Now it’s time to plan Alannah’s 3rd birthday (after Papa’s and Grandpa’s of course). I can’t believe my baby is going to be three! Where does the time go?
1 comment:
Nice picture, from a children author
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