Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving this year went off without a hitch. I had a very small, very casual dinner at my house which I prepared myself. It was good-ish, but I have a theory that you have to make something at least 4 times to make it really good. So, two more thanksgiving dinners to go before my guests are wow’d. (sorry, honey!)
The good news is that the day after my mediocre Thanksgiving feast, my
mom prepared an actual Thanksgiving feast that easily crossed into the wow-zone. Which made me realize that it was a really stupid idea to cook my second Thanksgiving dinner ever, the day before we were all invited to my mom’s house… which then made me decide that next year I’m cooking a traditional Italian Thanksgiving dinner with lots o’ pasta. Turkey is not my forte, as it turns out but pasta and sauces I can do! š
We had a fabulous time anyway and I was able to enjoy 2/3 of my sisters, and my girls were able to enjoy 50% of their cousins on my side which, for us, is a huge family get together.
Christmas Eve 2011
Christmas Eve this year did not disappoint. I had never been to the annual Miller’s Christmas Eve party so I was excited to participate this year. Every year Santa comes to visit and everyone has a grand ol’ time. This year my girls were thrilled Santa was coming, except for the time that it was actually their turn to sit on Santa’s lap, which they had nothing to do with (remember our Santa picture this year?) Notice the death grip Harlo has on Brady’s shirt as he walked her up to get her gift from Santa. Haha.. we all had a fun time though and were so happy we could make it this year. Looking forward to many more!
Chrstimas Day 2011
Christmas this year was just simply magical. Every year seems to be better than the last. It took my girls about 0.1 second to dive right in. Notice I didn’t even get a picture before Harlo was fully dressed in her new princess dress-ups and it wasn’t long before the baby sis caught on. I had so much fun watching them enjoy Christmas this year. The whole season was just so magical. Just yesterday (the 17th of January) Harlo said, “I have a great idea! Let’s put our Christmas tree back up, how about that?” haha, I think it’s safe to say Christmas made a lasting impression.
*We had made a big effort to explain the real meaning of Christmas to Harlo this year. On Christmas morning we had again talked about how this was Jesus’ birthday and that’s what we’re all celebrating. Well, somewhere between her birthday being a week before and Christmas being Jesus’ birthday she was a little confused about where we say “Happy Birthday” and “Merry Christmas” so she went the rest of the day saying “Happy Birthday Jesus, Papa!”, “Happy Birthday Jesus, Stella!” to everyone we saw. Have I mentioned how much I love having a 3-year-old?
Curtis'
Cass you are BEAUTIFUL! What a cute little family!!! Your little Stella reminds me of my Joce when she's holding that baby carrier (mostly just that cute diaper tushy!!) Hope you're doing well:)