Christmas is mostly over (we just have one more family thing and then it is really done). It went pretty well. Only a few hang-ups. First, Ellie got a Nancy Drew game from Santa that had two discs in it. Unfortunately, the elves made a mistake and both discs said "Disk 2 of 2" on them. So I emailed the North Pole (aka Amazon.com) and they said they are sending a new game!! The other hang-up was that whatever Genie opened Rémi wanted, and a bit vice-versa. I think next year they will get matching everything! There was also the cabbage patch doll that I had gotten for Rémi that I was SURE she was going to love. It has curly hair just like Rémi and a beautiful blue and silver dress. When Rémi opened it, however, she acted like it was clothing. She was totally uninterested in it. I was crushed. I am sure I will get over it but I really thought I had a winner. At least Ellie liked her games and new stereo and Genie liked her Aqua Doodle and Fridge Phonics.

Our Christmas morning was fun, opening gifts in our jammies. Then Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Rick, and Aunt Lauren came for more gift opening, ham sandwiches, and holiday fun. We had a wonderful time, including having a bit of a talent show where Ellie played Christmas music on her flute, Lauren played her clarinet, Grandma read some prose, and Rick played his guitar and the rest of us sang along. definitely something we should do again.

After the others left we got all our Hanukkah stuff together and went to Janette and Lisa's house for Hanukkah and a bit of Christmas. We had latkes and ham (good Jewish meal) which was very yummy, then we opened gifts and played.

We had a really good day, but boy were we tired when we got home. I like that Hanukkah lasts 8 days so you can spread out the exhaustion!!