Christmas is just around the corner and we are in full holiday spirit. We started our holidays traditions with our hearts full of hope and happiness. First on our list this year was a trip to Peddler's village. This is a mini mall with hand picked stores that sell unique items, cute and ... expensive. The decorations at night make it all worth it though.
As we do every year, we saved one weekend to go to the city and see Christmas carol, then visit Santa. The play does not hold Catalina's interest anymore, she said several times she does NOT want to come to this play ever again, that the ghost is way too scary. The visit to see Santa went a little better, but the long line made it almost not worth it. It all sounds a little depressing, right? The truth is that despite all this everybody was in very good spirits. Catalina did not complain, we made it everywhere on time, things went quite smoothly. Maybe we're getting ready to take a break in our traditions, knowing that next year with hopefully a 6 month old it would be much harder and less fun. But I am all ready to break this tradition just to have that little one in my arms :)
The line to see Santa was looong. But we made it somehow and even enjoyed few sites from the Dickens Village. It's all old to us now, so not that interesting anymore.
And then we finally made it to Santa and Catalina said out loud that she wants from Santa an American Girl Doll. One that looks like her.
We went for a short trip out and we met some friends. We shared our news and we took some pictures.
We were getting more relaxed and we actually enjoyed this part, even though we were tired.
And then we went home and rested, just laid on the couch being happy and talking to our little little baby and to the little baby. And guess what happened the next morning??? Santa decided that he can't carry all the presents across the ocean and told Catalina to open her presents!
She was happy to oblige! And she was very happy to see that Santa listened to all her requests and even got her little surprises!
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| Magician in the house! |
And then in the evening we were ready for our photo shoot for the Christmas cards. And we all smiled and we were all happy!
May we need a bigger frame next year and may we have a toothless smile in the picture (maybe two, if Catalina looses a couple of hers :).
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