We had a lovely extended family gathering in Virgil.  Uncle V and Aunt S hosted.  R had a grand time playing with an old Jack-in-the-box, of course everyone had to pretend to be very surprised for her.  Her older 2nd cousins were great with her, and played with her a lot!  It was a nice chance to visit.

We spent a lovely weekend away with Grandma and Grandpa at Niagara Falls.  We stayed in the historic Brock hotel, and spent time at the waterpark that they built on top of their parking garage.  It was an enjoyable weekend away.  More pictures here

We had a lovely breakfast with Oma & Opa.  Oma and R had a great time playing with Opa’s hat…Opa wasn’t so sure, but isn’t the smile on R’s face worth it??

We were lucky enough to be home on Christmas Day.  We convinced Grandma and Grandpa to come to us.  Grandpa dressed up for the occasion as you can see.  Rebecca really wasn’t sure what to make of that.  We had a lovely time opening gifts, and had a brunch later on.   Later in the day after nap time, we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa’s for another turkey dinner.   Check out the gallery.

Yes I’m late.  We were away, we all had a stomach flu, yada yada, you get the picture.  Anyways.  Christmas was a delight.   We celebrated Christmas eve with Oma and Opa.  Mom cooked a wonderful turkey dinner, and we opened a few presents, saving most for Halifax.  Rebecca loves rooting through Oma’s drawers…Here are some pictures.

Rebecca was in the children’s Christmas Program.  She did really well!  We had practiced the two songs, but we weren’t sure if she would actually sing (or stay up on the stage with her class).  But she did really well!  She sang loud!  She smiled!  She danced!  When she came back to where we were sitting, she walked up to her grandparents and asked “Was that a good song, guys?”.  She asks her grandfather “Did you hear me singing, Grandpa?”.  We were all proud.

It was hard to take pictures.  The ones that turned out best were of Rebecca playing on stage before the actual performance.  See them here.

Well two years ago today we became a family of 3.  I can hardly belive it.   We made home-made pizza as a special treat.  Rebecca had a great time playing with the dough.  A was grating the cheese, and Rebecca picked up her hair brush and annouced “Let’s brush the cheese!”.  She says (and does) things like that all the time.  She had a blast dressing up while the pizza baked.   After supper we had a nice cake, and raspberries.  I gave Rebecca a small slice of cake, and some raspberries.  My child didn’t touch the cake.  She gobbled up the raspberries and asked for more!  More pictures in the gallery.

Well I had a lovely night visiting with old friends from work.  It was delightful to catch up on everyone’s lives, and those were some good nachos!  From left to right, Susan, Jo-Anna and Jill. 

Rebecca was playing with our Nativiy set today.  Thank goodness I bought the set from Paraguay made from Palo Santo wood, it’s very durable!  She told me today that she loved baby Jesus, and she wanted to give him her crib, since he only had a manger.  How loving is that?