Christmas

It will be hard to top sledding (for the first time ever) on christmas day! Thanks to a crazy-huge snowfall, there was plenty of snow for the girls to play in. Alette loved sledding!



There was a large enough group up in Princeton for the girls to get their own table, don't we all remember those days. True to form, both Alette and Abria had PbJ sandwiches for christmas dinner.



Alette waited all fall to be allowed to wear her 'fancy christmas dress'. I managed to get a half decent shot of the two girls-then it descended into a wrestling match.



Abria had to try out Alette's new princess shoes too! Abria is fascinated with shoes. She is constantly pulling them out of the shoe box, trying to put them on, carrying them around the house. It is very clear when she wants to get out for a walk. She'll grab her shoes, walk up to me and bang them on my legs. If that isn't clear enough, she'll often walk over to the door and start banging. I feel like we have a puppy and need to hide the leash.



Alette got high-heeled princess shoes for christmas! Don't they look great with her painting smock?

The girls (and us) were so blessed by family and friends over the holidays. It is so easy to get caught up trying to get things done - shopping, baking, wrapping, cleaning....It was wonderful to pause for a moment and be at the christmas eve service and reflect on the true meaning of the season-the celebration of our saviour's birth. Speaking of christmas eve services, Alette had her first experience of singing up on stage-well, at least she was up on stage, I think I only saw her mouth move a couple of times, but she did get most of the hand motions in.