Sara and I have made special arrangements for Santa to visit our home on Saint Nicholas Tag (December 6th) instead of Christmas. This allows us to enjoy the holiday traditions and gifts giving without confusing them with or allowing them to overshadow the true meaning of Christmas.
So here is what Saint Nicholas Tag looked like this year. We decorated a small tree as a family a few days before. In addition, Santa Claus brought the girls each a small tree of their own with small gifts underneath.
Elise's birthday cake was an icecream cake, a snowkid icecream cake at that. I think it represented her wish for a snow filled winter. It looks like Clementine is just wishing for some cake to fall to the floor.
Grandma Jackson stopped by for a short visit and delivered some gifts.
Glenn likes his new BYU hat.
Evie likes her new book.
Elise loves her new hat and her new book.
Clementine simply tolerates her classic Cylon inspired glasses
Emmy participated in a piano class at the University. Here is a picture of her with the other kids and with the teachers, and a picture of her playing in the recital.
So here is what Saint Nicholas Tag looked like this year. We decorated a small tree as a family a few days before. In addition, Santa Claus brought the girls each a small tree of their own with small gifts underneath.
Elise's birthday cake was an icecream cake, a snowkid icecream cake at that. I think it represented her wish for a snow filled winter. It looks like Clementine is just wishing for some cake to fall to the floor.
Grandma Jackson stopped by for a short visit and delivered some gifts.
Glenn likes his new BYU hat.
Evie likes her new book.
Elise loves her new hat and her new book.
Clementine simply tolerates her classic Cylon inspired glasses
Emmy participated in a piano class at the University. Here is a picture of her with the other kids and with the teachers, and a picture of her playing in the recital.
The next day Eden had a violin recital.
Special holiday pancakes were made on Christmas eve
On Christmas, we exchanged and opened family gifts
Clementine seems to love the bed Sara made for her as a christmas gift.
Eden wanted to go sledding with friends for her birthday. Fortunately there was still snow on the driveway.
Eden was thrilled with her birthday presents.
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What fun traditions!
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