Thursday, December 29, 2011

Leah turns SIX!!!


First we celebrated by singing to the birthday kids (Uncle Todd, Aunt Tiff, and Leah) with some brownies lovingly and thoughtfully made by Tiff and Marc. Then Brett mentioned that he would like to still have a cake on the actual day of the 6th. That day the concierge came by the room with a HUGE beautiful chocolate cake, card and an little stuffed animal puppy present along with a special invitation to meet "Bachelor" the Hotel St. Bernard! Leah just soaked up all the love and attention like the little princess she can be! Thanks again to family that made it extra special.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas day








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Noche Buenisima!





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parties a pleanty





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Christmas cookies!

We had friends over to bake and decorate cookies, then we took them to some kids from Primary and their families.

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Sunday before Christmas

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The BIG guy comes to visit us at school

Yes Santa came to school. Sarah said "Dad it was the REAL Santa. He was fat because he ate too many cookies. It wasn't a pillow in his shirt."



After taking pictures Santa left a gift for each child. 
The following pictures help illustrate why I feel stressed when deciding 
what gifts are just right for our children at Christmas time.
It's funny because Sarah's dolly was one she got 2 years ago for Christmas. 
I just bought a little car seat for her and cleaned her up a bit. 
Leah's gift was a brand new, very cute, I thought, barbi type doll that had changeable hair. But she just kept asking: "Is Santa going to bring us more presents though?" Barbi's were on her list... 
Ah well I guess a little disappointment is just part of life... ???



That's not a forced smile at all...
HA!


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