That is what Claire was saying all day. She insisted on us saying Christmas Day and not just Christmas.
We had a wonderful Christmas. Meema and Boopa came to visit, which is always fun. Both kids were really into Christmas this year and we had such a fun time leading up to the big day. First the kids helped me decorate some sugar cookies. They actually did pretty well and only licked their knives once or twice (those cookies stayed with us).
Christmas Eve was filled with decorating more cookies and building gingerbread houses. We learned that it is quite difficult to build gingerbread houses without the right amount of icing to reinforce the walls.
The final products. Claire’s fell about halfway through. I didn’t do the best job with reinforcing the walls. Both kids then spent the next few days picking apart the candy.
Christmas morning was nice and long. The kids took awhile to open their presents. Thankfully, both kids slept and didn’t wake us up super early.
Claire was very excited to get roller skates and spent the day practicing outside while Henry enjoyed brushing the mane on Claire’s horse. Silly guy.
Paul and I escaped to Asheville for a couple of days and went to the Biltmore Estate. It was stunning and a wonderful, recharging trip.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a happy New Year. 2013 has been a great year for us and we are looking forward to a busy 2014!
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