We visited Santa on the first weekend of December. We always love going to a local realty office, where they have an outdoor setup.
Abby was too old for the Sunday School Christmas program this year, but Norah performed and had a speaking part. She did a great job! I played piano again this year. It was so nice of the grandparents to come up for the program! Dave's parents stayed in the afternoon to make gingerbread houses.
With Christmas being during the week again, our Christmas celebrations were on the weekend before Christmas. This year was just a quick trip. We celebrated on Saturday with my mom's side of the family.
On Sunday, we had Christmas with my dad's side of the family before heading back home. The girls also played prelude at church.
We had our own little family Christmas on Christmas Eve before going to church. I played piano for the 10:00 p.m. service, and the girls played prelude. Norah fell asleep during the service, because she was so tired! We came home and curled up for bed under the Christmas tree after setting out cookies for Santa.
The girls were excited to see that Santa had come in the morning. Abby had asked for an American Girl gymnastics set and hedgehog house. Norah had asked for a dolphin cruiser Lego set. Norah started on the Legos before breakfast!
My family came up later on Christmas to celebrate. My parents and sister spent just one night, but my brother and his girlfriend ended up staying until Friday. They headed up to a hotel and flew out before the weather got bad over the weekend. It was a busy, but wonderful Christmas season that flew by too fast!
