Here is the rest of our Christmas celebration in a single post.
Church service on Christmas Eve was lovely with an adorable Baby Jesus and his extremely well behaved shepard brother. The girls enjoyed the singing. Plus, Grammy joined us making it extra special. After church the girls got ready for Santa’s arrival with milk, cookies and veggies. Elspeth actualy counted the carrots to make sure that there was one for each reindeer.
Oddly enough, they both slept in on Christmas morning until 8:15. Guess that was a gift to us. :) After checking to make sure that the cookies etc were sampled, they dove into their stockings. As you can see, Santa even brought a treat for Elspeth’s penguin. Unfortunately her penguin was very excited to get a stocking and in her excitement she pulled a bit too hard on her reindeer and his red nose popped off. It is okay though, mama came to the rescue with some hot glue. Once the stocking were emptied it was onto the gifts hiding under the stockings. In fact, Santa brought the same shape and size of package to each of us and each contained a nerf gun. Over the course of the day we were very greatful for them because they helped to burn off some excess energy. Although if you ask Glenn he may have a bit of a difference of opinion. I mean, he has the best aim but claimed that he was out numbered and ganged up on. I have already dug up a new project for him – a target range for the darts built out of PVC pipes and hanging cups. He has also gone looking for deals on darts. A lot of laughs.
I took the girls outside to ride bikes and use their nerfs while Glenn picked up his mom because I knew that once they returned it would be present time. I think that the small skateboard was Elspeth’s favourite gift (it became even more popular once Baba found some simple instruction videos online and she got faster). Katrine was torn between her new cross country skiis and fleece lined skating pants. Glenn cooked a succulent turkey and the girls helped me bake and ice Baby Jesus’ birthday cake.
Boxing day we woke up to a child with a fever so we broke out the meds for our trip to my brothers. It is amazing just how smiley and active Elspeth is once the meds kick in. It really helped to make the trip enjoyable if a bit shorter than originally anticipated. That said, fun was had by all as well as too much food.  Yesterday, she was doing better just in time for more presents with the rest of Glenn’s family.
Today was our final outing as we headed to Disney on Ice. It was perfect timing that there was no fever left. Phew. Elspeth enjoyed the princesses while Katrine spent the time discussing the various jumps and spins as well as how each was entered. My how times have changed since the first Disney on Ice she went to.
