Christmas 2009

This year in addition to reading our Advent Storybook every evening, Owen also had a Lego Advent Calendar. Every night he would get a different Lego character or part. On December 24th it ended with Lego Santa. Needless to say, this was very exciting for Owen.

Owen was also very excited about the Norad Santa Tracker. We think he checked it at least 25 times during the day to see where Santa was.

Elsie and Owen opening their stockings.

Owen's toys from Santa.

Elsie enjoying her new chair and table from Santa.

Christmas wouldn't be complete without some tasty gingerbread waffles for breakfast.

Knitting Notes

Can you believe Ray didn't include the details of the hats I made for our photo shoot? ;)

I came up with the idea five days before our appointment. Fortunately, those five days included Thanksgiving, so there was a lot of time spent in the car, as well as doting grandparents to wrangle children (thank you!) while I was knitting.

Owen's -- Ear-Flap Hat
Ray's -- Koolhaas from Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2007
Elsie's -- Zeebad
Sarah's -- Star-Crossed Slouchy Beret

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken last week by Katie Skurka. Here are some of our favorites.