Christmas was a blast. We made the trip down to visit my family. It was great to see all the cousins together laughing and playing. There was a ton of food. My brother made the majority of the food and it was so good. Way too much...but boy can he cook.
Christmas Eve all of siblings and most of the nieces and nephews were at my parents house. We did the traditional nativity reading and even had the kids act it out. We read Santa stories, sang some songs, ate good and the cousins all opened the presents they bought each other.
Christmas day we got up and opened stockings in the bedrooms. We then went downstairs and opened presents with my brothers and parents. Jenna was not really into opening presents. I opened most of them for her. She did enjoy putting everything in her mouth. Benjamin and Daniel loved all of their presents. Most of my siblings came over again for Christmas dinner. Again lots of food, laughter and memories.
On Boxing day we were able to take in a World Junior Hockey game. We took Benjamin and he was so excited. He loved looking around taking it all in. I think his favourite part was the zambonie. Part way through the first period he looked to me and said that it was time to go home. So it was fun trying to distract him and entertain him till the end of the game. Luckily Grandpa took pity on him and bought him some popcorn.
New Years Eve was quiet. We stayed home and had a quiet evening just us. New Years Day was similar. We had a bunch of snack food and ate that and had fun with our family.
During the two weeks off of school the kids slept in almost everyday. It was wonderful. We were hardly awake before 8:15. Somedays we were still in bed at 9:00. I marvel to think that all 3 kids slept in. Now that school is back on the sleeping in has come to an end. I miss the sleeping in, but it is nice to get back into the old routine.
On a completely different note, Jenna is up and walking everywhere. The last few days have seen a great improvment in her ability. No longer will she crawl if she falls while walking, but she will pick herself back up and walk. It is very cute to see her walk around the house. I was beginning to wonder if she would walk before she was a year old. You see, my other children were 8 1/2 months and 10 months when they were walking well. Jenna is also getting at least 2 more teeth.
