December 16 - Make a gingerbread house...ok, I used a kit from Costco, but it was still fun...this is a first in our home, haven't done one before...and will do it again, but probably on a smaller scale, using graham crackers and cardboard to make a smaller house! Daddy even got in on the fun!
December 17 - Make cookies for the Kalikimaka Hula party! Lillian won third place in the Hawaiian words game for her class...but she also cried and spazzed out a bit...short party, we were a bit late, lots of yelling answers...overwhelming for a three year old.
December 18 - hummm...not sure exactly what we did...I'm thinking we worked on finishing up some more of our crafty stuff...here are some ornaments that we made...fun with paint!
December 19 - Breakfast with Santa! Thank you to Ms. Sandy! We joined the fun at the Jonathan Tarr Foundation Breakfast with Santa. We ate yummy pancakes, visited with Santa, won some raffle prizes (thanks Danny!), and watched some hula. What a fun day and definitely an event we will go to next year! Check out my sister Greta's blog for fun photos!
Later in the day, dressed in tank tops and shorts, we headed to Legoland with the Ott's and Auntie Maja! Fun stuff...I think Lillian's favorite was the Let it Snow musical show...with real "snow" aka soap bubbles...Jeff liked it, too, but don't tell him I told you!
December 20 - Christmas at Auntie Wilma + Uncle Will's house in Warner Springs. We celebrated with Jeff's family and cousins from Malcolm's side...food was yummy and Lillian had fun with her daddy and Nick out in the hills, climbing rocks and hiking around. She also got way too many gifts...as did Thomas, who slept through present opening.
December 21 - Give the teachers their Christmas presents. Lillian was very excited to surprise them with prAna shirts and homemade cards. We also went to the library and got to color some Christmas pictures.
December 22 - Cookie decorating at the Ott's. This is a family tradition! As children, my sisters and I would go to Great Grandma Greta's house to decorate sugar cookies and then eat tuna sandwiches for lunch. Greta has continued the tradition, but the kids ate PB & J and the adults had egg salad sandwich and salad...yummy. Lillian only decorated about 5 cookies, apparently cookie decorating is not her thing...she did enjoy "coloring" them with the food markers though...she is quite the meticulous artist...her 4 colored cookies took her a long time...no wonder she only did 5! We also made an ornament craft! Yahoo!
December 23 - Heading to the mall...Carlsbad Mall, to enjoy the holiday decorations, and buy some last minute gifts. Today we also need to finish up all our handmade projects and wrap things up!
December 24 - Christmas Eve on Europa! With cousins in matching PJ's and cute hats. Loud music nothing like a polka party Must be Santa sing & dance -a-thon, walk to the beach with some caroling children, and yummy dinner! And the best part...Zhu Zhu hamsters for the kids, wow, who knew such a silly little toy could be so much fun!
We spent the morning baking scones and cookies, and right before we left for Grandma Joanie and Papa Phil's house we delivered treats to our neighbors and nearby friends! Fun!
December 25 - Hooray for Christmas! Santa brought Lillian all the goods for ballet and tap class, she was so excited, especially about the tap shoes! She also got some clothes, a computer game, and the Kitty Piano...so fun! She loved all her gifts! Thomas got a stuffy Boxer dog that Lillian has named Scooby Lillian, it's a girl dog you know, the Fisher Price Farm House, a wood toy, a new ball, some cool shoes, bowls and a sippy cup. Hooray!
...it was fun, hard at times just because the day would be busy with school...there were a few things that I didn't get to do that I really wanted to add...hopefully we will get to these next year...donate a toy, go ice-skating, Jungle Bells at the SD Zoo, Sea World. I hope Lillian enjoyed it as much as I did. I tried to focus on what we could create to have some Christmas Spirit instead of what we could buy or what gifts we wanted to recieve...Hope your holiday was filled with wonderful memories! Merry Christmas to all! xo - ag
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