MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!
The children are all nestled, all snug in their beds....Shawn and I are putting training wheels on bicycles and setting up train sets in hopes that snow will come to make it seem like a good ol' Canadian Christmas tomorrow. No real hopes of that however, as the forecast says it will be 9 degrees tomorrow.
Anyhow, here is a little Christmas wish for you all which we recorded earlier this evening after church and the opening of some Christmas crackers (thus the paper crowns!):

And now here are some photos...if you can stop laughing long enough to look at them!

It was a tradition in my family that we always got to open one present on Christmas Eve (it was somehow always pajamas! :) ) and we have carried on that tradition. This year, however, everyone has so many pajamas that we went with bath robes instead. (Thanks Mom!) So here are the kiddies after opening their Christmas Eve gifts...not quite sure how Hannah and Jacob got those looks but it was the best one we could get:

First off, here are the children and I (minus Jacob since he was sitting on my lap and my arm doesn't reach that far) riding Santa's train in Princes Street Gardens. We went out last Saturday morning to check out the reindeer and the many other festivities which take place in the city center. We had a great time but I only managed to catch a couple pictures. Nonetheless, here they are:
And here is the train that we were riding, it took us around the gardens so we could see all the sites they have:

And here are a couple from our church Christmas pageant. The children all received rave reviews. Benjamin and Alexander were wise men and had quite a few speaking lines which they memorized and recited without flaw. Can you tell I'm a little proud of my boys who are growing up so fast?!

So we wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Tomorrow we will join with about 10 other families from North America who are also away from family for a Christmas dinner....my turkey is thawing as I type! Hope you all have a wonderful day.