Christmas at the Hughes

It was a wonderful family and friend filled Christmas season. I was pretty unprepared this year but somehow Christmas came and food and treats were made and passed out to neighbors. All the gifts were bought and arrived on time. And we had a great time having parties with friends and family.

In the midst of it all Rebecca had her first swim meet ever. Now she did not want to do this. I basically pulled her out of bed, kicking and screaming. She has not fallen in love with swimming yet, she was worried about the meet and she was really tired for the early morning arrival time at the pool. But she swam two races. She did it and swam her hardest and I am proud of her for trying.

Somewhere along the way we fit in our annual tradition of decorating a gingerbread house, which included Santa's sleigh this year. Now I know it is not beautiful but it is definintely yummy looking.

And then along came Christmas eve. Which we held at Tom's parents' house. There was yummy food, a birthday for my nephew Jack, a nativity skit that focused on the three wise men or wisewomen in this case. Those cute little kids did exactly as I asked them to do. They read their parts and were excited to act out their parts. I was happy to be indulged by my cute nieces, nephew and kids. Then we had the present game -which is really a white elephant game. It was a fun night.

Busy Christmas Elves

Cute 99 year old Nana Ora in her apron. 

 Joseph, a.k.a Jack, mary aka Becca, Baby Jesus aka Claire, shepherd aka Kate.

 The three wisewomen Hannah, Lia and Elise and Isaac the narrator.

 Isaac serenades us with some background Christmas music

Tom in one of the white elephant gifts. He looks very elfish.

Poor Sophie she is still trying to understand the present game.

The annual Christmas Eve party wrestle with Isaac wrestling with his younger cousins.

Alon came Christmas morning. Yes that is a snuggy. Santa gave in and brought the ridiculous things to the Christmas Eve party.

 Pet Shops and Disney Fairy dolls make happy girls.

 Isaac gets the long awaited cell phone. He can barely take his eyes off it long enough to open the other presents under the tree.

Nana makes all the girls cute aprons. I love my owl apron.

Jack's birthday

Happy New Year. Maybe I will be a better blogger this year.