Christmas time!!! is definitely long past over but this is my attempt at summarizing its events. It was a cozy and unhurried month - although it was full of the usual hustle and bustle, it felt manageable and simpler than usual. Here's to hoping it means I'm getting better at focusing on the things that matter.
This past season, we drank LOTS of tea and started and finished lots of good books together.
We had white winter sangria and snacks with dear Meghan who was in town.
We went up to Silver Spring to my sister's place the weekend before Christmas to be all together.
They had installed an indoor swing! To no one's surpise, it was very popular. .
My sister made these delicious concoction of a drink (non-alcoholic) that felt very festive.
There were many rounds of of King of Toyko played (this day and throughout this month).
Rusty!! He's staying with my sister in NYC currently, and having the time of his life apparently.
Us four girls.
I took the week of Christmas break off and it was GLORIOUS - so glorious, it was really hard to go back to work when it was time - spending hours at home with the girls. One of those mornings, we went with Mignon to get breakfast at Can Can.
This girl is very fond of her bacon. Very.
We went to church at the 400 (our church's other location) for worship service on Christmas Eve.
I'm trying to make it a tradition that we have Christmas spaghetti (a sauce that has an entire bottle of wine it it and simmered for 3-4 hours) on Christmas Eve or Day and we made it happen this year.
We had Nelson (Ken's cousin from Ohio) visit and stay with us for a few days around Christmas and the girls loved having him here!
The morning after a dinner party calm always feels a little magical.
Christmas morning! After a breakfast of cinnamon roll pancakes and bacon, we opened presents and stockings. Key to opening presents is making sure to leave plenty of time afterwards that morning for the kids to play with their toys unhindered by having to rush on to the next thing.
Mignon!!
So very happy to have her near.
The girls love it too.
They are still very into horses.
Nelson got the girls these whoopee cushions - you can imagine the fun that ensued.
Putting this pretty cocktail shaker into action that my friend Jangeun got for me.
We went down to Virginia Beach the afternoon of Christmas Day to be with Ken's family and got to eat hot pot together around a big table!
Everyone! (except Aunt Nancy who was taking the photo)
with Xiao Gugu (Karen) and Uncle Bernard: They are going to be welcoming a baby boy this year and we are so excited for them and so excited to meet this baby!
Their presents included these dress up masks and capes and I'm happy to report that they are putting them to proper use; plus, we feel very safe with these super heroes around the house to rescue us if need be.
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