Christmas fun

now that the holiday is over, i finally have the time to write! we had a great time celebrating Christmas with friends and family. here are some highlights.

on Christmas eve, we attended the Christmas service at our church for families. there were lots of carols for the kids to sing and the nativity story acted out by some of the older children. Skye loved it. she sang really loud all the songs she knew and eagerly watched the older children up at the front. after the service, we went to a friend's house for an early dinner.

Christmas day, Skye woke up before Claire and came downstairs. we had told her she couldn't open any gifts until Claire was awake. that was a little hard for her! well, Claire knew something was afoot because she crawled out of the room super fast once she woke up and was in a hurry to get downstairs! the girls had a great time opening gifts and were quite wound up for breakfast.



after a hearty meal, we bundled up and headed out for some sledding. and because the days had been warm and then suddenly gotten cold again, the ground was really icy and fun for flying down the slopes. even Claire had some fun on the sled.



in the afternoon, while Claire napped, i took Skye ice-skating. well, technically not really ice-skating. we had bought her some "bob-skates" for Christmas. they are skates with double blades for young kids. she had a great time. i think i'm going to have to get some ice skates myself as the girls get older!



after an active day, we returned home and spent time reading the books Skye and Claire got for Christmas. Snowy and Chinook and Sunny. both books come with music CDs and activities for kids to do. Snowy and Chinook inspired us to make some hot chocolate. Sunny inspired Skye to make a guitar. when she was finished with her guitar, Skye decided she needed a strap for it like Lisa Loeb (we have been listening alot to Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell's "Catch the Moon" CD lately and even watched the music video for some of their songs and in all of them, Lisa Loeb carries her guitar on a strap). here is Skye with Phil, having "band practice." she put on her sunglasses to look like Lisa Loeb. :)