Sunday, December 21, 2008

The rest of December

As usual, December is a very busy month. Here are some of the month's highlights:
On December 5th, St. Nicholas made his yearly visit to church. This tradition is a lot of fun and the kids have a blast. St. Nicholas brought Levi and robot and Claire a Christmas book.
Later in the month Grandpa Jim came to Seattle. He had meetings for two days downtown, so the kids and I picked him up at Sea-Tac and then he took us out to dinner. Levi and Claire had fun watching Veggie Tales videos on YouTube with him!
Sometimes I feel really bad that my children don't know there Alaskan Family as well as their Washington Family. Luckily Levi and Claire are very lovable kids. They were sad when we took Grandpa to his hotel later that night, and Levi cried on the drive home.

Finally, right before our snow storms, C & V and their kids, and Lora and Addison, and me and my kids all went to downtown Bellevue for their Christmas celebration. Beginning at 7, the Bellevue Marching Band puts on a great sing-a-long and drumming party. All the kids had fun dancing and eating their free lollipops. Eleanor got to meet the Snow Princess. She was in heaven!

After the Bellevue thing, we drove to the Botanical Gardens in Bellevue. This place is amazing. They have a whole garden made out of Christmas lights. It is called Garden d'Lights.


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