Some holidayish activities

December 1st is declared officially as the beginning of all fun! This year, even more so.
Ami is 6 months old! A whole half a year!!! She an adorable baby, squishy and cuddly and so very fearless! She crawls quite well, in a matter of seconds she can go 5-6 feet to touch her target. Everything goes straight to her cute little mouth. She babble and is mostly a serious baby. If you play with her and look her in the eyes she'll smile a big, wide smile with her eyes all wrinkly. So darn cute!
The second celebration on December 1st is of course Romania's national day! We listen to patriotic songs and feel nostalgia for all the romanian good and bad that we left behind. Such is life...

Part of our Christmas traditions we used to go see A Christmas Carol play downtown Philadelphia. With Ami so little and Catalina (still!) scared of the ghost in the play we decided to skip it this year. Instead we just went to Macy's Dickens Village and to take pictures with Santa

 Downtown holds such a special place in mommy's heart! It's where she first lived when she came in America, where all the good and the bad first started

A week later we welcomed Saint Nicolas in our house. Saint Nicolas puts gifts and goodies in the kids' shoes and we did have some very nice kids in our house!

We are on a good track with all the holiday preparations. Such a lovely time of the year, especially when you have two lovely girls around you!