Friday, December 27, 2013

Leading Up to Christmas

A quick recap of the anticipation of Christmas, before we get to the actual holiday post. Sabine had a great December, with lots of talk of Santa, Rudolph, treats, and WHY.

Sabine made some candy cane cookies with Grandmom:

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She went ice skating with one of her favorite babysitters, since mommy is not able to go this year:

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It was a huge hit.

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Daddy and Sabine met Grandmom and Grandpa and their friends in the mountains for our annual tradition of cutting down a Christmas tree. Sabine helped saw again this year.

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And of course partook in the hot chocolate and outdoor picnic afterwards.

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And THIS year, Sabine even got to cut down her own, little tree.

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She was very proud of it, and nothing would do but to decorate that very evening. So we stayed up a little late.

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And did not neglect the family tree, either.

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We also had our annual fondue dinner with good friends, and the girls watched Frosty the Snowman after they ate their mac & cheese, while the adults worked through a hearty amount of melted swiss cheese.

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Next up, the Yuletide celebration that lasted a full week!

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