smiles from december

January 02, 2013

smiles from december

AD's jelly bean portrait

snow enough for sledding around

watching a friend's daughters' Christmas dance program

{my friend's daughters are younger, but this is not as blurry and gives a nice taste of that night}

making homemade gifts

watching 2 of our 3 perform in our church Christmas program (lots of smiles, maybe watery eyes, too)

sharing a potluck lunch with our church community

surprise gifts in the mail

"Grandma" willing to play just about any game the kids imaged

listening to our niece and nephews play with a small crowd of other mini pianists at a local nursing home

{my sister's youngest waiting to play "Jingle Bells." although blurry, he dressed himself that morning, looked too cute, i couldn't resist.}

seeing H and cousins dance "This Time for Africa", couple dance to the Russian folk song "The Korobushka," and sign language to "It's a Wonderful World" with a full sanctuary of their classmates from weekly enrichment

full days with cousins over winter break

watching our niece hip hop across a stage as a mischievous elf

open-air ice skating with our children until sundown and Christmas lights twinkle in full glow

{AD experienced his first time on ice, AF experienced her first time ice skating with "no hands" (although here she gets her uncle's hand of support)}