We celebrated Christmas at home this year, along with my mom and dad who drove down from Surrey. We had a great time making our traditional fig breads, putting out cookies for Santa, opening presents and eating treats, and eating Christmas dinner together.
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| Four fig breads!! |
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| Reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, with Dani and Roxy on Skype call |
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| Sebastian's note to Santa |
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| Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus... |
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| starting with the stockings... |
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| new pajamas! |
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| sparkly new pink shoes. :) |
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| taking a break to eat fig bread and oranges, and read some new books |
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| two little elves distributing presents |
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| new pajamas, new hairbands, new books... |
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| Magformers. wow. He thought they were pretty cool, and then we put the batteries in and he realized he could drive the vehicles he made. So awesome. |
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| butterfly wings! |
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| pink piggy bank |
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| Sebastian wrote and illustrated a book for Popo and Grandpa. It was pretty cool. |
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| a serving platter for our new table |
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| a Powells tshirt and new vest for Bompy |
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| dress-up clothes |
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| And for the final present, a scavenger hunt! Bompy wrote up clues and hid them all over the house. And at the end, a boxed set of DVDs, with the complete Magic School Bus science series. | |
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| Bompy saved three of the boxes to make a fantastic structure for the kids to play in. |
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| Liesl set to work decorating her new magic wand |
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| Sebastian started working on his Lego projects. He spent nearly all day putting together an airplane and a fire engine. |
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| Christmas dress! |
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| Dinner! Crown roast of pork, butternut squash and cranberries, farro with mushrooms and pecans, green beans, cranberry bread, apple sauce, and salad with beets, candied walnuts, and feta |
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| dessert: gingerbread apple upside down cake |
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