Is it appropriate to still be listening to Christmas carols in January? I spent the morning putting away all of our Christmas decorations and was in disbelief of how fast the season flew by this year. Charlie is also in denial as he spends most of the days singing “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer”. I keep meaning to get a video of his cute high-pitched voice butchering the lyrics but I can’t get myself to interrupt the moment, especially since he stops singing as soon as he realizes you are listening! I can’t imagine the Holidays getting much better than it was this year when the Christmas magic is probably at it’s peak with a two and four year old, but I will try to remain hopeful!
Here is a brief summary of our December 2011:
Nervous smiles before meeting Santa.
One of these kids REFUSED to sit on Santa's lap!
First Annual Father/Daughter Outing to see the "Nutcracker"!
The "kids" at the Ridgewood, NJ Santa.
Setting out food for Santa and his reindeer.
Heading to bed on Christmas Eve in their Christmas jammies.
Santa actually gave him the "tuptakes" he asked for!
Same, same!
Christmas Night Scavenger Hunt with Cousin Sophia.
Caroline and Aunt Sally
Central Park Zoo (Charlie couldn't take his eyes off of the polar bear!)
Central Park Zoo - in front of the sea lions.
At the 4D showing of the "Polar Express" - It was SOOO fun!
Rockefeller Center
Coffee Break before getting on the Subway (Charlie's favorite part of the NYC trip)
New York Botanical Garden (brr....)
"Gingerbread Adventures" at NYBG
The amazing train show at the NYBG (yes, this one is Thomas!)
Charlie posing next to a replica of Yankee Stadium.
The flight back to Seattle turned out to be the highlight of my year (when will I ever get to watch both of them sleeping on my lap!)
New Year's Eve/Christmas celebration with the Cha Family!
So happy!
Charlie's New Year bow to Hami and Habi (got a little carried away and did a full somersault!)
These pictures do not even come close to expressing what an amazing month we had! I wish I had captured more moments that we will remember from the season and our trip to NJ. Decorating cookies with Alyssa and Meaghan, Caroline playing countless rounds of “go fish” with Nana and all of her favorite Great-Aunts, gingerbread house decorating with Steven (who I’m pretty sure Caroline would tell you is the funniest person in the ENTIRE world), etc. etc. We really are so lucky to have such an amazing family! Happy New Year!
Now that’s what I call a Christmas and New Year’s season!!!! Unbelievable in it’s rich tapestry of tradtions and fun! There isn’t a Christmas event or venue that you didn’t see!! It makes my heart melt to relive it all. xo