Christmas with Oma and Mike

We had Christmas with Oma and Mike the week before actual Christmas.  The beginning of the visit was a bit rough (you know, the whole picking a time and date, us rearranging our schedule to accommodate, then her not showing up and then not telling us when she will actually be there... that type of thing...) but it turned into a good visit.  It's so hard to move past a bad beginning and not let it ruin the rest of the visit, but i think everybody did well and the kiddos loved their presents!

She didn't go overboard with them which was nice, and they got some pretty awesome stuff.  Dude got this remote control dino that you can 'teach' things too, Lucy got an amazing Melissa and Doug doll house and Norah got this fun pop-up house that fits perfectly in her room.  The kiddos had a great time playing with their stuff and getting things set up.  We got them this candy thing that dude picked out from World market and some Nutcracker glasses with beer from around the world.  She collects nutcrackers so I thought that this would fit nicely.  :)

























It was overall a good day and I was thankful that they made it safely and that everyone had a good time.  :)

JVG