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Friday, January 11th, 2019

Finally on December 22nd the babies were out of school for a two week Christmas break. We didn’t waste any time getting the house ready for the Feast days of the Nativity. Lily busied herself making muffins to be eaten on Christmas morning. They all requested Pumpkin Chocolate Chip opposing my usual mix up of Cranberry Chocolate Chip. But pumpkin can still be Christmasy right? In any case it’s always yummy. Gerhardt mopped the kitchen and it needed it after about a month of soil-ness.
I’ll add here it’s very very strange to me to have babies that are getting old enough to actually perform these sorts of tasks. Work yourself out of a job right? That’s my plan anyway.
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Monday, January 7th, 2019

You know the natives are getting impatient waiting to decorate the tree when……

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Wednesday, December 26th, 2018

And now we as we prepare for Christmas we beautify our home with signs of this season. I anticipate slower days for the next couple weeks. The babies will be home from school without any one having to be any where unless we decide to venture out. I have planned something fun for each day per our Christmas traditions, we will open a gift a day, we will feast and hopefully rest.
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2018

Our December has been so full this year. I almost forgot to post about the babies’ school Holiday/Winter/It’s really all about Christmas anyway right program! We had 5 in it this year and after arriving a hour before hand and having to stand in an epic line and still being 6 rows back dodging heads and shoulders with the rest of the masses, I decided to petition the school for a perpetually reserved front row seat. I think Phil and I deserve at least that for having the most children in the program don’t we?
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