Dance!

Meron and her cousin Leah. They are only a month apart in age and watching the two of them together was one of my favorite parts of Christmas. They got along so well, which really surprised me. I mean, they are both only children (so far, although both have siblings on the way) so are both used to being "Queen of the World." They also speak different languages, as Leah speaks mostly French and Mer speaks... well... kind of speaks English. It was a little like watching puppies size each other up when they saw each other on Christmas day... but then they showed each other their dresses and all was well. They danced together, read together and pushed their babies around in a buggy while carrying baskets on their arms; they were quite the stylish ladies about town.

Christmas

Christmas Eve...

Christmas Day...

The day after Christmas...

The big family Christmas party...

What we left...

How we traveled...

What we came home to...


We had a lovely time. Hope you did, too!

Christmas Card Tease...

That's right. None of these pictures are the picture on our Christmas card... but we finally got one. Yes, one. So, if you think I probably don't have your address but you would like a Christmas card, make sure you get your address to me!

How cold is it?

She kind of reminds me of Rainbow Bright... I can't say that I agree with her fashion choices, but I certainly understand them. It is 20 degrees below 0 here... and that is without the wind chill factored in. How cold is it in our house? Marginally warmer.... but still pretty freakin' cold. The upside is that we have way more fridge space, since we can use the entire kitchen. Stupid South Dakota.

Crepe!

Gotta love crepes on a Sunday morning. I love the first picture. Mer looks very worried about me taking a picture of her with her post-ponytail bed head. But I love the mad scientist look combined with the flour. What I didn't get a picture of was Meron doing a book signing at the library with my dad. She was on the cover, so Dad decided she should get to sign books, too. It was so funny. We thought she should have her own little desk and a crayon, but... well... her attention span is about 45 seconds long. After about the first 3 people in line I fear she would just start coloring in books.... which is something we've been trying to discourage. I had never been to one of Dad's book readings before, but it was really fun. It is a little weird to hear someone reading stories about you and your child to a group of strangers, but I was really proud of him.