Oh, the magic of Christmas! Church last night was amazing. Ali, the girls and I went. Aubrey fell asleep, as she does every year. Lauren was, well, my little Lornado, but as well behaved as she could be considering she is part tornado. ;-)
After church we drove around looking at Christmas lights and paused long enough for 3 deer, who surely must have been reindeer, to cross the road. We can only assume that Dasher, Dancer and Prancer took a little stroll while Santa was working his magic in a nearby neighborhood. Since Santa was obviously close by, it was decided that we'd all get to bed as soon as we got home.
The gift Aubrey wanted most, a dog that is nice and also real, was not brought this year, but she seems to have hardly noticed, and is quite content with her loot. Lauren is happy as can be with her pile of goodies - and has consumed most all of the candy she can find.
Yesterday Ali and I made Hoska (a bohemian Christmas bread that our family has been making for at least 4 generations) and enchilada casserole (the Christmas Eve contribution our mom brought to our dad's family 30 years ago as she refused to eat their traditional bohemian Oyster Stew and Codfish Gravy dinner - THANK YOU, MOMMY!).
Today we're lounging around, playing new games, spending time being thankful for our many blessings. It's a good day.
I hope your day is wonderful.
Love,
R
We got a dog that is nice that is NOT real. But it acts like it is. When we told it to "pounce" on Noah, he actually got scared. It was hilarious. Merry Christmas!
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