Christmas Recap

Christmas Eve day began with a trip to the vet which resulted in...

THE CONE OF SHAME.

Poor Scout!

Excessive licking of her paws (because of allergies) led to an infection. I knew before I saw her after the vet visit with Dan, that she was donning the cone because Dan walked in laughing.

On a happier note, Christmas Eve afternoon,
the girls decided to exchange their gifts with each other.


Oh the anticipation...

Julia didn't take off this adorable knit hat the next two days.

The actual evening was spent with family and yummy food.

We read from Charles Dicken's book, The Life of Our Lord,

something we haven't done on Christmas Eve before, but I highly recommend.

The annual photos of the parents with the girls.

Christmas Eve night all the girls created a contraption to sleep underneath

in the basement family room. I pretty sure that there wasn't a lot of sleeping going on.

Julia woke the family up around 8:30 a.m. to see what Santa left under the tree.

Presents were opened and shared and more delicious food was consumed.

The entire holiday was perfect!

Out of nowhere it began snowing in our house...

sometime after 10:00 p.m. (notice the news in the background).

A pile of construction paper and a plethora of scissors emerged from
drawers and cupboards yielding dozens of beautiful, colorful snowflakes.

It all literally happened as I scurried from here to there and before I even realized what was happening, the tables were covered, windows were plastered and scraps of what would make perfect confetti for a New Year's celebration were strewn across the floors.

I'm amazed at how much fun a pile of paper and some scissors can produce.