Monday, December 31, 2007

Christmas 2007

We spent Christmas with my family this year. We enjoyed Christmas Eve with my parents, all of my siblings, and my two nieces and nephew. We had a unique program of Christmas carols in various languages (German, French, Ukrainian, and English) and some silly songs. We also attempted to read the Christmas story from Luke while the kids played the roles, but we ended up with only Joseph and baby Jesus by the end.

I am happy to report that Madeleine and Elodie were delighted with their Christmas gift from Santa (a Playmobil castle) even though it was a gift they had to share. In fact, all of their other gifts were either exact duplicates or shared presents to avoid a day of conflict. The plan worked well.

Camille was delighted with everything she received. I’ll just try to remember this happy holiday when we have three ornery teenagers in ten years.

The girls played with their new toys all day while the adults played Guitar Hero. It made for a fun day with lots of happy campers.