Christmas 2020

Christmas 2020 looked different than most years...due to Covid spreading through some church staff, I recorded music with Evie ahead of time for the Christmas Eve services, so we were home and had a lazy day.  We opened presents and watched Christmas Eve service online.  The girls slept under the tree that night.

Christmas morning, the girls were excited to see what Santa had brought--a penny board for Abby and an American Girl doll for Norah.

We relaxed at home all morning, then headed to Rochester to spend Christmas day with my sister and parents.  We had a Christmas Zoom call with my dad's side of the family and Greg/Rose Mary, since we couldn't all gather together in person.

We stayed for a couple of nights and enjoyed some good family time!

Dave's parents weren't comfortable getting together, so we did a Google Meet Christmas later on in January.  They sent blanket hugs since they couldn't give real hugs in person.

Christmas traditions in quarantine

 Distance learning started Thanksgiving week, so we spent a lot more time at home during the Christmas season.  We visited Santa outside and picked out our Christmas tree at Cedar Brook Garden Center:

We made cinnamon and caramel rolls, since we weren't traveling to Iowa for Christmas:

Norah did Sunday school from home, and even recorded her songs for the Christmas program at home for the virtual program:

We made Christmas cookies to share with neighbors:

We still made gingerbread houses, but since we weren't getting together with Dave's parents in person, we had to do it virtually:

The Elf on the Shelf came, and Norah was very excited to write it notes: