merry and also bright

Christmas! It's always a whirlwind, and always crazy, and always fun (well, mostly fun), and always, always the birth of Christ (every year! never changes!). This year our days were busy with...

a visit from Fr./cousin Greg
Christmas Eve Mass and dinner with the Kantors
Christmas morn at home with the tree and presents and loudness
Christmas afternoon at home with the tree and presents and loudness
Christmas supper of fondue, with 83% of my children still wearing their pajamas
and then get thee to bed because tomorrow we are getting on an airplane...

Merry Christmas Season, everyone! May yours know joy of no bounds!

from us to you

Merry Christmas! May yours be filled with joy.

large and in charge

Leo is thriving.

ho ho ho-hum

Umm no big deal but today WE MET SANTA. Like with all celebrities, a one-on-one meeting requires some line-ups and waiting but what's 45 minutes in the cold when the end of the line promises a MEETING WITH SANTA. So... here we are waiting and here we are meeting. Pretty awesome. (Except if you're Clara... then it was not awesome at all.)