Did you have a good Christmas? Ours was filled with fun family time, firsts for our girls (and us, too!), yummy food, and meaningful traditions and religious celebrations. Apart from some sickness that’s sweeping the household (yet again, argh!) and the fact that I always miss my family at this time of year, Christmas day couldn’t have been merrier.
Our time with B’s mom surpassed our expectations. The girls adjusted very quickly to having another person in our small space; they took to their Nana right away, and she enjoyed getting to know her long-awaited grandchildren (and got to see firsthand what total characters they are).
The girls were delighted when they came downstairs Christmas morning and saw presents under the tree, but they didn’t realize the gifts were meant to be opened, so they began stacking them like blocks and pushing them around the room. We used this to our advantage and enjoyed a leisurely brunch before gathering around the tree to finally tear up some wrapping paper. What started out as oohs and aahhs ended in chants for “more, more, more!” — thus proving that materialism corrupts the souls of even the cutest members of the human race.
We are loosely celebrating the twelve days of Christmas, spacing out the girls’ gifts. We got them just a few special things, but friends and family have been very generous, so we need to bring things out little by little so the girls can better appreciate everything.
In other happy news, they were excited to wear their Christmas dresses to church, along with the adorable hats one of their great-aunts sent. The adorability factor was out. of. control here.
We bid adieu to Nana yesterday morning and spent the day nursing our respective colds and respiratory infections. Here’s hoping we’ll all be back to full health to usher in the new year.
Instead of Friday links this week, I want to leave you with a few more images from the past few days. Have a slow last weekend of 2012, and see you back here on Monday!
Images: Zoe Saint-Paul
Hello, I'm Zoe Saint-Paul. I'm a writer, life coach, and new mama to twins who's trying to live "slower" in a speed-obsessed world. Here we chat about life and love, food and design, and everything in between -- all at the right pace. So grab some tea, pull up a chair, and join the conversation. Feel free to 
So glad you had a wonderful holiday! I’m dying to know — what did the girls think of the snow?
They loved it! Although they’re unfortunately still not keen on wearing coats and layers and all the cold weather gear.
So glad you had a nice holiday! That first picture with the hats is just too adorable!
Adorable pictures! Thanks for sharing.
I’m so happy to hear that your holiday went so well, especially Nana’s visit! It sounds and looks like you had a wonderful first Christmas with your beautiful girls. And I love that they got snow, too! (We were out of town for it… but Kiya got hers in Denver, too!)
Wonderful photos! My step granddaughter who you saw long ago in a photo is now in Taiwan but only one minute away thanks to Apple Facetime and two ipads2′s. After touching their email address at Facetime, it takes really about 4 seconds and there she is…mindboggling. If Nana lives far away, check out the apple Facetime options. I believe the phones do it also. Ipad1 does not.