Christmas 2007
Well, Christmas has come and gone already. It was a very busy month with loads of activities, parties and get togethers and non stop baking. There were even a couple of birthday parties in there! We are exhausted and in recovery now, but it was a fantastic month.
Heinz was in Denmark for the beginning of the month, and while we really wanted to go with him, he wasn't in a very populated area, so we decided to wait until he goes to a more exciting place. We got to attend a performance of Handel's Messiah, take a few trips to the different area Christmas markets, bake cookies with the kindergarten, go to a couple of Christmas concerts, including one that Collin was in, attend a couple of brunches, a cookie exchange, an advents breakfast, and inbetween all that, there were doctor's visits, playdates, shopping for Christmas presents, and meetings to attend at the school.
We had a lovely Christmas caroling party on the 22nd, and we had 32 people attending. It was quite crowded in our home, but I think everyone had a great time. We had several instruments and some terrific singers. Lots of food, fun and music, and the 16 (!!!) children played upstairs with the babysitters we hired. They decorated cookies, played Bingo, colored, watched a couple of Christmas shows, and strung beads for necklaces and bracelets. There were also Christmas stories and presents. We had several children perform at the party on their musical instruments. I was impressed at what a talented bunch of expats we are!
As lovely as the party was, that evening and the next day were spent getting past a terrible virus! Heinz and I both were flat on our backs for more than 24 hours. The kids had to fend for themselves. Fortunately, there was enough bread, yogurt and fruit that they could fix for themselves. By Christmas Eve, we were better, but ugh, what a nasty way to spend a day!
On the 24th, I headed to the doctor's office in anticipation of finding out the gender of our bun in the oven. Unfortunately, the baby appears to be a bit shy and wouldn't cooperate by showing us his or her identifying parts! Oh well, we'll try again in a few weeks.
Christmas Day was great! The kids got a nice haul of stuff from relatives. Collin is starting piano lessons in January, and so a giant piano was delivered by Santa on Christmas Eve. He was surprised and loved it. Savannah got a bed for her baby, and a Disney princess blanket from Santa. We also have the Christkind who comes and delivers presents. He usually joins up with Santa and they combine efforts. We spent the day relaxing, having a big breakfast, a LOOOOONG walk in the freezing cold, and then some hot tea with Christmas cookies once we were back home.
It was a lovely holiday season. Heinz got a couple of weeks off, and it was absolute bliss having him home every day. We took lots of long walks, relaxed and slept in, and got to talk to each other as long and as much as we wanted! I tried to make the weeks as special and memorable as possible so that when he's gone away for a long period again, we have many good times to remember and keep us happy.
Here is a web address to all our Christmas pictures. There were way too many to post here, but I hope you'll look and enjoy them. I haven't figured out why it won't let me post a direct link, but just copy and paste the address in your browser to see the pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mama0wolf/Christmas2007
Heinz was in Denmark for the beginning of the month, and while we really wanted to go with him, he wasn't in a very populated area, so we decided to wait until he goes to a more exciting place. We got to attend a performance of Handel's Messiah, take a few trips to the different area Christmas markets, bake cookies with the kindergarten, go to a couple of Christmas concerts, including one that Collin was in, attend a couple of brunches, a cookie exchange, an advents breakfast, and inbetween all that, there were doctor's visits, playdates, shopping for Christmas presents, and meetings to attend at the school.
We had a lovely Christmas caroling party on the 22nd, and we had 32 people attending. It was quite crowded in our home, but I think everyone had a great time. We had several instruments and some terrific singers. Lots of food, fun and music, and the 16 (!!!) children played upstairs with the babysitters we hired. They decorated cookies, played Bingo, colored, watched a couple of Christmas shows, and strung beads for necklaces and bracelets. There were also Christmas stories and presents. We had several children perform at the party on their musical instruments. I was impressed at what a talented bunch of expats we are!
As lovely as the party was, that evening and the next day were spent getting past a terrible virus! Heinz and I both were flat on our backs for more than 24 hours. The kids had to fend for themselves. Fortunately, there was enough bread, yogurt and fruit that they could fix for themselves. By Christmas Eve, we were better, but ugh, what a nasty way to spend a day!
On the 24th, I headed to the doctor's office in anticipation of finding out the gender of our bun in the oven. Unfortunately, the baby appears to be a bit shy and wouldn't cooperate by showing us his or her identifying parts! Oh well, we'll try again in a few weeks.
Christmas Day was great! The kids got a nice haul of stuff from relatives. Collin is starting piano lessons in January, and so a giant piano was delivered by Santa on Christmas Eve. He was surprised and loved it. Savannah got a bed for her baby, and a Disney princess blanket from Santa. We also have the Christkind who comes and delivers presents. He usually joins up with Santa and they combine efforts. We spent the day relaxing, having a big breakfast, a LOOOOONG walk in the freezing cold, and then some hot tea with Christmas cookies once we were back home.
It was a lovely holiday season. Heinz got a couple of weeks off, and it was absolute bliss having him home every day. We took lots of long walks, relaxed and slept in, and got to talk to each other as long and as much as we wanted! I tried to make the weeks as special and memorable as possible so that when he's gone away for a long period again, we have many good times to remember and keep us happy.
Here is a web address to all our Christmas pictures. There were way too many to post here, but I hope you'll look and enjoy them. I haven't figured out why it won't let me post a direct link, but just copy and paste the address in your browser to see the pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mama0wolf/Christmas2007
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