Christmas Day was spent up in Princeton-Pippi showed remarkable restraint and did not want any stockings opened until Alette and Abria arrived. Once we got there, the two of them dove into their treasure trove of stocking gifts (Abria was more distracted and slowly opened hers throughout the day). Then all restraint was put aside as the girls eagerly encouraged everyone to hurry and be done with stockings so they could move onto the larger gifts under the tree.
The post-dinner video. It seems to have become a tradition for the girls to chill out and enjoy a video while the adults relax over dinner.
Snow! Boxing Day was spent safely huddled in our house while a storm blew through the region. Since we had no plans, we loved it! The next day Andy took the girls out to play in the backyard. I like snow...to look at. They built some sort of snow sculpture-which I think Abria tried to knock over with her stick...or maybe she thought it was a snowman that needed arms.
Between Christmas and a birthday, Alette gets a lot of new gifts in a very short time. One of my favorites (which she likes but doesn't appreciate as much as me) is the new hat my mom knitted.
Christmas at Pop-pop and Grandma Terry's included spending time with Xander and Auntie Lisa!
The girls both got Cinderella barbies and horses-Abria, being two, promptly took all the clothes off her barbie. Alette, being five, gets super annoyed with naked barbies. Thank goodness they now each have their own. It's a little hard to see but Abria's wearing her new Belle pjs (courtesy of Auntie Lisa)-the minute she got them, she HAD to wear them and even wore them to our Christmas Eve church service. Yes, it would have been lovely for her to wear her Christmas dress like all the other little girls but in the end I didn't care-she was happy. I think if she had her way, she would have worn them all day on Christmas too...
The traditional Christmas morning pictures.
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Love those pictures and notes! Would like to give the girls a big "knuffel"!!! (hug in Dutch)
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