I have continued the tradition of giving each child a book for Christmas with a letter from Santa. I try to coordinate a theme for the book, a gift and the child's interests/accomplishments that year. This year, Kya received, The Nutcracker, since she started dance classes and had gone to see The Nutcracker at Viterbo with her class. I am hoping to attend a performance with her annually. Kya wanted a Nutcracker before the pink, sparkly bat took priority so we gifted her with both. Therin, got The Drummer Boy, since he has taken such an interest in music this year; always borrowing my iPod shuffle, starting viola lessons at school, listening to music and videos off the computer with Dad and taking a liking to classic bands such as The Who (or the Who Band as Kya likes to call them). Travis picked out 300 songs to load the iPod with (consulting and condensing a few top 500 greatest song lists of all time). It was a very simple, relaxing Christmas with lots of family time and lots of fresh air. I hope your Christmas was as peaceful!
We continue to use burlap bags to "wrap" the kids gifts, saving paper and a lot of time.
Opening the gift Kya gave us.
They were connected most of Christmas morning just listening to music together.
This I refer to as, "The Ice Palace;" the fort we have been working all weekend. As we drive around town to go to the Rotary Lights or sledding, we scope out homes like theives and haul 30-50 lbs worth of ice like prized diamonds home. We Smiths like to keep it interesting.
3 comments:
taking icicles from random houses is awesome! well played Smith Family.
It sounds like Christmas was awesome at your house. Glad to know Kya got her pink bat. It will be interesting to see what is Therin's favorite music next year.
funny, today i was commenting on how giant our neighbors icicles are and steve was like, we should bring it to the smiths. i had no idea what he was talking about...until now. i like the ice palace!!!
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