The holidays started off with a great celebration at Taylor's school called Colonial Days. Colonial days is an event that takes place at Taylor's school every year around this time, but with this being our first time participating in the big event, we weren't sure what to expect. We do know that Taylor has spent a majority of the past two weeks pouring herself into learning about Colonial times. The kids even get to come up with a name for an individual and a job that they may have held during those times. On Thursday, everyone set up a booth in the atrium with items they would have made from their trade. After about 20 minutes in the atrium, we all poured into the gym where the kids all did a class presentation & a dance! Grandma & Panod got to join in on the fun & I owe all of the picture credit of Taylor dancing to Grandma, who was kind enough to stay and take them while I had to run and pick up Ian at school. Thanks Grandma!
Sunday was a day to make phone calls to family, make a big dinner (thanks for the ham, dad!), and to let the kids each open up one present. The kids each opened up a model car - Taylor got a Nissan 350Z & Ian got a convertible Mini Cooper. By about 7:00pm last night, we did our annual Christmas Eve viewing of lights. This year was different - we had a destination. We had heard about this house over in South Minneapolis (Longfellow) that had coordinated music to their lights using a computer. It was the most amazing light display we've ever seen! We must have spent at least 30 minutes there laughing, and oooo'ing & aaahhhh'ing! If you'd like to see the house we went and saw, check out this video on you tube or watch the report on WCCO news.
Today was a blast. The kids woke us up at 7:00am on the dot & ran down to open presents. Taylor received some much-loved Dr. Who goodies & Ian received some really nice Thomas stuff. We went on to have breakfast & then headed out the door to Uncle Rob's house to gather with more family for a while. The food was wonderful and the company was even better....Ian even decided that Kane is his cousin, and not Taylor's! lol
A special note to our family that we could not be with today: We love you and miss you very much. Please know that we think of you often. Thank you to you and your families for the love and support we receive from you every day. You are our greatest gift.
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