This Christmas season has been so much fun! Owen understands the idea of presents and Santa delivering them. He has even changed the words to the familiar Christmas carol to "Santa Claus is coming, to my house" instead of "town". He was very brave asking Santa for a bowling alley this year, a toy that took both of us by surprise. Good thing there were still 2 weeks until he came! Although Eli has no problem saying Santa's name followed by "ho, ho, ho", he was still uncomfortable sitting on his lap. That's ok, Owen took care of sharing what Eli wants with Santa too. (Apparently another bowling alley.)
Better than all the excitement around present sharing comes the time spent with family and friends. We had a big Christmas Eve party at Aunt Heide's house with all the cousins. Christmas afternoon we went to Aunt Christine's house. Snow and ice kept us from Grandpa Paul's house this year, but we will get together another day to celebrate.
One of my favorite memories of Christmas this year was watching Owen give Nana the gift he made for her. It was a snow globe made from glitter, fake flowers and wooden hearts. He was so proud to give it to her and watch her open it. He explained to her what it was and how to use it, as if she had never seen a snow globe before.
This was the snowiest Christmas in Portland's recorded history. We were hit by a snow storm for almost 2 full weeks and cold temperatures kept the snow around for days. These photos are from the things we did inside and out during these snowy weeks.
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