I am a little slacking on getting to the blog thing for the last couple of weeks. It hasn't been so much busy, I have just been putting it off and a little under the weather for the last couple of week. Luckily, I wasn't super sick though, just a little cold.
The past couple of weeks have been so much fun. I had a great time spending time with the kids and their friends. One day before Christmas me and the kids were feeling not so good, coughing, sneezing, etc. So we had a lazy day where we watched movies, listened to music, read books and played a game on the computer. It was kind of fun. We also just snuggled on the couch.
Christmas Eve we were invited over to some friends house for a 7 course meal (Polish style) and a nativity play. It was so much fun the kids had a lot of fun playing the many different characters of the nativity and did so well being patient with the food and eatting pretty well. We also let the kids open up their Christmas PJ's and then headed home for bed. They were so excited for Santa to come that it was hard to get them to go to bed.
The kids woke at midnight and said that they were ready for opening presents. We sent them back to bed and said that they had to wait until morning. Luckily they stayed in bed the rest of the night. When they woke in the morning we made them wait in the hall until we could put on Christmas music and turn on the tree lights and build a fire. Then they rushed in to see what Santa brough. We found out then they had already snuck in at midnight and so they already knew what Santa brought. We then took turns opening presents. It was a lot of fun! After opening presents we talked about one special present that we were given on Christmas and had the kids open a box with baby Jesus in it. We told them that Jesus was the real reason we have Christmas and is a special present that our Heavingly Father has given us. We then placed him in the manger.
After getting ready for the day we had some friends over for breakfast with our traditional waffles with ice cream (Thanks to the Carricks). It was so much fun. The rest of the day we talked to family on the phone, and played with our toys (spent a lot of time building lego sets) and played our new Wii gaming system. It was so nice to just relax and have fun.
The day after Christmas we decided to head to the hills and do a little sledding. It was cold, but so much fun. We did it for a couple of hours and then came home and had some hot chocolate.
For new years we had some other friends over and played video games. Well we mainly had a golf playoff while the kids watched a movie. We did make it to midnight, which doesn't happen very often for us.
New Years day we slept in, did some cleaning around the house, and then headed to the park to play a little baseball. Poor T got hit in the face with the ball and got a bloody nose so we had to take care of that. He decided he was finished with baseball so J and M played while me and T played at the playgroung. It was a fun afternoon and good to get out and about.
Anyway, Happy New Years to everyone. Wish you all the best in 2009!
4 comments:
Sounds like you had a good break, hope you are feeling better.
So what kind of food do you have in a Polish seven course meal?
Sounds like you guys had a great time. Emma missed nursery this week with you guys.
Your holiday sounded a lot like ours, minus the bloody nose. WE miss you guys and would have loved to have breakfast with you. 'HOpe we can see you this summer so the kids can do legos together. Happy New year!
GREAT update, and AWESOME pictures! :) Happy New Year!
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