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Christmas Day

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Christmas day was a more low key day for us than usual. We got the kids up and told them Santa had come. We did the the picture with them coming out and seeing the living room filled with presents. It was kind of magical. We opened presents which the kids probably enjoyed as much as playing with their new toys. Henry loved ripping opening the presents. It was special because he understands what things are and he got really excited about the presents as he opened them and saw what they were. Cosette was thrilled with all her presents. She would open one and yell "this is exactly what I wanted!". We then got ready and attended Christmas Day mass at St. John the Divine Cathedral . It is nice to have a some religious celebrating on Christmas. We attended services on Christmas Day at King's College when we lived in Cambridge and last year we attended it at St. Fin Barre's Cathedral in Ireland. It is becoming a tradition. The rest of the day we lazed around. The k

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We all here hope that your day has been filled with joy and good cheer. I am sharing this video of Cosette telling the Nativity story which is fitting since it is Christmas day. I am so grateful for the Savior and this time of year to focus on him and his birth. The kids have a Christmas book about this story and the page that talks about baby Jesus says "And he is the reason for Christmas day!". He truly is. He is the gift. Merry Christmas to you all!

The Littlest Christmas Tree

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Merry Christmas eve! I dont' know about you, but we are really excited for tomorrow. It's been really rainy here this week in NYC making us think we are in Ireland again for Christmas. We wrapped all the gifts last night and are ready to have a relaxing night. Movie watching and hot chocolate are probably going to happen. Cosette has been singing Christmas carols every time we are out and about. The people on our bus or train get a kick out of it. It's helping us all really get into the Christmas spirit. Her favorites are " Frosty the Snowman ", " Up on the House Top ", " Once within Royal David's City ", and " Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer ". I'll have to get some clips of her singing some of them.  I wanted to post some pictures of our Christmas tree. It has been a very important part of our home this holiday season. The kids have been loving it to death, literally! Several ornaments have been injured and the lights wi

Chicago Part Two

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This trip I did mostly things that I could do or better enjoy without kids. Although, I did miss those little sweet hearts so much! Seriously the moment I got into the city I missed them like crazy. Their sweet little hands and cute squishy faces. I was going to kiss them and hug them until they couldn't take it when I got home. But since this was a trip where I was sans kids I wanted to do things that would be easier without them. I curled my hair everyday, whether or not it looked good I don't care because I got to curl my hair! I don't want to sound like everything was better because I was without my kids, because it was not, but it was nice to relax and not have to vigilant all the time. There were things that I wish they had been there for, but luckily New York is not lacking anything that Chicago has so we can do similar things back in our city.  We took a walk down the Magnificent Mile and saw all the magnificent Christmas lights.  The greatest friends.