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The girls are up early to start the day. We call Aunt Terri to tell her Santa has arrived and come down the street to our house. The girls love racing down the stairs to see what Santa left under the tree – my favorite part is watching them. Elle found […]
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It is Christmas Eve and the girls are excited about Santa making his visit tonight. For Christmas Eve, Jim and I host dinner. Our family dinner guest include Mimi & Papa, Grandma & Grandpa, Terri and Kathy plus the Lyon four. It is small enough we can all fit at the dinning room table. […]
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All the toys are new to the girls as they have not seen them in 6 months. Elle had fun playing with everything. The train is one of those toys EVERY kid loves and EVERY parent hates. Mimi found it at the Goodwill for $50. It is a $200 train (the parents were […]
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Back to California…back to bathing in the sink. Hum, Emmy was 2 ½ when we moved to Hong Kong and out of the sink. Aunt Terri and I love the convience of the sink. Aunt Terri has been doing all the baths since she loves to bath the girls – no complaints from me! […]
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Aunt Nancy’s annual gingerbread house making event. Nancy bakes the gingerbread from scratch along with all kinds of good candies to decorate to make the perfect house. This was Emmy’s fourth year of house making which makes her a pro!! She carefully placed the candies on the roof and sides of […]
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Everyone had fun decorating the tree. Eleri had a favorite side of the tree with many ornaments down low. The tree trimming was fun for Emmy as she pulled out ornaments she remembers from the past. Average Rating: 5 out of 5 based on […]
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Over the hill and through the woods to get a Christmas tree. We arrived in California earlier this year; therefore, we were able to go into the Santa Cruz Mountains to cut down our Christmas tree. Emmy was thrilled she got to ride to the mountains with Jim in his pick-up truck. Eleri […]
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Welcome to California. We arrived and our socialite daughter is off to the opening night to the Nutcracker in San Francisco. Opening night is special as a candy nutcracker is decorated, cookies to all and a bear for each child. Emersyn has an annual holiday tradition with Aunt Terri and Uncle Andy with dinner […]
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T’was the night of the concert and all through the square, Not a seat was to be found, not even a broken chair. Parent roamed through the aisles, cameras a ready, Waiting for children who did not look too steady. Well, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a gaggle of children […]
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 We spent the morning checking out the Christmas decor in Shanghai. It is not quite the “over the top” decor of Hong Kong, but not complaining. Eleri makes a friend as the paparazzi gather and snap photos. Emmy finds the Hello Kitty winter […] |