Christmas Eve

When Marina woke up this morning, she stretched out a bit, then her eyes flew open and she said, “Christmas Eve!” I had told her she could open one gift on Christmas Eve and she took that literally. Before she was dressed, she wanted to open a gift. The one she chose was from me, a cat that purrs and walks. She named it Sparkle.


We went to the family service at church. Marina wore her green velvet Christmas dress with her pink princess Santa hat. She went up to the alter for the children’s sermon and even offered answers to a few questions. But her favorite part was the Christmas carols. She especially loved when we lit candles to sing Silent Night. She does appreciate that we are celebrating Jesus’ birthday as well as Santa making a visit to our house.


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Picture Perfect Princess

Marina had her Christmas pictures taken today. We were fortunate to get a photographer who was not only creative, but believes in taking lots of pictures. So we got a lot to choose from. Marina was very cooperative and I was very pleased with what we got.

St. Nicholas

We celebrated St. Nicholas Day at church this morning. We heard some stories about St. Nicholas and then we were asked to act some out. In our scene, Marina played St. Nicholas and Sara was a sailor. They did so well. After that, each child got a goodie bag from him which had a jingle bell attached. Marina was quite happy with that.

Winter Wonderland

Marina's school had a craft fair and concert today. They called it "Winter Wonderland." Each class also had a scheduled time to perform. Marina's was one of the first. They sang three songs.

They started off with "We Are Thankful."



Then they sang "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel."



They finished with "Frosty the Snowman."



Once Marina's class was done, she wanted to go shopping at the craft fair. So we didn't get to see the other classes perform.