12.22.2008

At the cabin...

We celebrated our holiday with part of the family early. We had a great dinner (thanks Lo!) and played board games. Opened presents for the kids and just enjoyed the snow.
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Sat by the fire and drank funny eggnog.
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Kept little hands busy by making a gingerbread house.
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oohed and ahhed at the tree (this is the first Christmas for three of the four cousins)
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and some of us even got a nap in or two..
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I made "pajama bags" for the cousins this year and filled them with a few toys, two new pairs of and pj's each and of course a good bed-time book.
(The idea came from the "Creative Family" book Soulemama.)
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Happy Solstice!
1st ChristmasVAO
Happy Winter!

4 comments:

  1. such a sweet family portrait!

    thanks for the words via email last week (re: the holiday crazies). happy holidays, friend.

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  2. Anonymous23.12.08

    happy, happy to you and yours V. love that PJ bag project - nice job :)

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  3. Merry Christmas to your truly beautiful little family. Thanks for sharing your joy with us.

    cheers!
    Cathy

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  4. vanessa I love your pajama bags...they are adorable and what a fun gift! enjoy this first holiday season with your little one he is getting more and more cute every time I check in on you guys! also, thank you for the comments, you are so kind. xxo

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