Christmas 2014

Nearly Valentine’s Day, and I’m ready to post about Christmas.

Seems about right.

We had a lovely build up to Christmas, and a delightful Christmas Day.

We decorated Gingerbread Houses, as is our tradition, a few days before Christmas, after we returned home from Virginia.

Final outcome, snowy and delicious.

Christmas morning was relaxed and sweet.

The children had received their big gift from us, a Wii U, back in November, so there were few presents under the tree, but they were all well-received.

The Wii U unwrapping:

Tickets, a magazine subscription, games, clothes, glass creatures, and books were all unwrapped.

Magic sand, or saaaand, as the children call it, was entrancing.

The children and I had a hearty laugh as Buds unwrapped an old pair of his shoes that had been missing for a couple months. We found them in the basement, and decided they’d make the perfect gift for him.

I received two favorite gifts: My mom sent four mystery novels that have been in her basement for years. That was perfect! And one of my nieces gave me a ceramic clay bowl that she had crafted, painted, and wrapped all by herself. That was my very favorite gift.

It was a good Christmas.

Now, 2014 is complete.