Christmas in our house was different this year for sure! We opted out of traditional family gatherings to help keep all of our loved ones safe. This meant a few things looked different, but we still made memories and had a great holiday season. Here are a few things to remember from December 2020:
December started with a little snow and an opportunity to use new sleds from Grandpa and Tiki.
The tree farm that we visit every year was open, but because we are doing online schooling this year we got to go on a Friday when the place was empty. Everyone ran around like they owned the place!
When we got our tree home Gibby and Grandpa helped decorate the tree without the normal festivity (food and drinks) and of course in masks.
This year we baked and made more cookies than we ever have in the past! I guess all the time at home gave us time to do every cookie kit and recipe imaginable! Part of our cookie making included a Cookie Decoration competition with our neighbors. It was a lot of fun, and we will do it again next year!
Every year we do some form of advent. This year we took part in the standard lego and chocolate advent calendars as we have in the past, but we also got to do the advent from Eastside. It was nice spending extra time around the table each night.
This year we took Auntie Paula to the Festival of the Lights at the zoo. Because of COVID they only sold tickets at certain times and the only tickets that we could get you had to enter at 2 pm, so we spent hours enjoying the zoo this year!
The month was spent at a relaxed pace and we got to spend some time at the nature center, doing puzzles, going to see Christmas lights, playing outside, and even watching the piggies next door!
Santa was visited this year, we went on a Fun Friday, there was no wait at all, and after a quick temperature and health check we got to chat with the big man!
Christmas morning was exciting as usual and Santa came with some good treats for all. Miss Laura stayed with us this Christmas (to keep her family safe) and so we enjoyed the day with the five of us.
We hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Christmas. We sure did miss our normal traditions, but were thankful for the time we got to spend together this year!
