Archive For The “Christmas” Category
We’ve reached that time of year where it is impossible to turn a corner without seeing Christmas lights, hearing holiday music or being bombarded sales and food. And along with all that Santa Claus makes his yearly arrival. The American Santa Claus has become the combined representation of religious traditions from Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, [...]
Well, Charitina has danced her last dance. She has officially declared that she will only dance at home, not on the stage. And that she prefers soccer to dance. So this may be the last time that we get to see her all dolled up in a dance outfit. I think she was the prettiest [...]
With all the chaos around our home recently, I didn’t get a chance to post photos of the wonderful Christmas we had with my parents. Fortunately, we all stayed healthy for the first day that they were here, but everything went downhill from there.
The Wednesday night before Christmas the children at our parish put on a shadow play telling the story of the Nativity of Christ. My husband was the fantastic narrator. Punky was a shepherd, and Spunky was an angel. The older children sang a song to fit every backdrop. They did a really great job! This [...]
The “Christmas Tree Room” on the morning after…. it looked much worse later that day, if you can imagine that.
We had a very nice, quiet Christmas Day. We went to church in the morning and then came home for a meaty-cheesy-eggy breakfast, just what my hubby wanted. We opened presents and had some snacks. I even took a nap in the afternoon. Then we had dinner, which I had prepared a few days ahead [...]
Last night, we took the kids to an incredible Christmas event at a local church. There was a Candy Village with a huge Gingerbread Man. They had alpacas and llamas for the children to pet. And the kiddos rode on a “horse”- Bunky wasn’t too pleased Lastly we took a Train Ride (it was freezing!)- [...]
