Phew! The holidays are done! We had a great holiday season despite being sick as dogs and having to delay Christmas by a day. The benefit of having a 3 year old and an 8 month old is I'm pretty sure they didn't suspect a thing! At least I really hope not. I always have sooo many things I want to do to capture that perfect Christmas and the time surrounding it, but I tried really hard to let go a little this year and just enjoy the time with my two little ones. I think I was kind of forced to as well since we were all so sick. As a side note, it would be really great if for the next time my husband has a day off work, we actually aren't all super sick, k, thanks. It started off with a wicked cold and sore throat for Oliver and I and then Marissa came down with the stomach flu and then I did and then Oliver did, and then Leo did. Since Marissa was born, we never have had the flu, and let me tell you, next year these kids will both be getting their flu shots as soon as they come out as will we. Projectile baby vomit is not my idea or my couches' idea of fun.
Onto the fun though, Marissa and I did make cookies for Santa on our "faux Christmas eve", thank you Trader Joe's for your excellent foolproof sugar cookie mix. She had been looking forward to this for weeks, and the look of awe on her little face when she saw Santa had eaten them (and by the way did you know reindeer don't eat carrots, thank you very much, they prefer cookies too:) was too priceless. Christmas Magic is truly a magical thing in the eyes of a three year old. I think this was the first year she totally "got it" and was anticipating Christmas for about a month, she woke up at 5 am on Christmas day! We did see Santa at the mall, Marissa told me, "Mom, I think Santa lives at the mall." I brushed that off with some explanation that he was in for a visit. I think this might get tougher as she gets older. Oliver was
not a fan of Santa, Marissa was a huge fan of Santa. She had a great holiday celebration at preschool complete with a singing recital and holiday feast. I think the highlight for me was her excitement of giving her teacher's their presents. She really loves them. Grandpa and Grammy Martha also snuck down for a quick visit, along with their crazy dogs. Happy Birthday Grandpa!
We finished off the year with a relaxing take out dinner at home of Japanese food (Marissa's favorite, chicken teriyaki with lots of sauce!) Then we were off to see the Rose Parade today, which comes blocks from our house. This is our family's third annual Rose Parade viewing. It will be sad when we move from this house due to it's excellent location for Rose Parade viewing. Here are some pictures from our holiday time.
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| Lovable List |
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| "Mommy get me out of here!" |
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| She looked forward to this for weeks. |
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| Ol got his new teeth for Christmas. He loved the paper too. |
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| Let Me Help You With That |
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| Holiday Sickness |
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Marissa in my old dress, she loves it! Thanks for saving it Mom.
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| Rose Parade 2011 |
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| Sheer Happiness |
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| The Gang |
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| Bubble Gun Fun |
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| Beautiful Southern California Day |
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| Cool Pacman Float |
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ReplyDeleteThe photos with Santa are priceless. Clearly, the children got Put-Puts intuition ;) On a side note, love the bangs, great look for you, might have to get me some.
Happy New Year,
XO
Bittis