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We had a brilliant Christmas with the Philps in LA. The weather was fabulous, it was like summer. We played ping pong in the back garden, set up a table for board games in the garage and had football on the TV. Cliona and Avery played really well together and Cliona got to hold her newest cousin Katherine for the first time. Karen asked Cliona to sit on the couch, said she had a special treat for her and placed Katherine in her arms. After a couple of minutes of paparazzi-style picture taking, Katherine was removed. It was then that Clio asked for her special treat!
We had spent many weeks building up Santa for Cliona this year. We went to the mall once a week for a month and while Cliona started off afraid of Santa and not wanting to have anything to do with him, by the week before Christmas she was all ready to sit on his knee and tell him what she wanted for Christmas - a doll and a scooter. She didn't quite manage a smile, maybe next year. At night we would walk the neighbourhood looking at the lights and Stephen had Cliona looking for Rudolph. She would usually spot him flying by, high in the sky, his red nose guiding Santa's sleigh. We were out the other night and she saw him again and was a little confused but we explained that he was on his way back to the North Pole and that seemd to make sense.
On Christmas morning I awoke to hear Cliona and Avery talking quietly, scheming on how to creep out without being heard. I'm not really sure what they thinking of doing - Gk was already up with Kat so we met the girls as they were coming out of Cliona's room. They were a little suprised but once Stephen and Kerry got up we all went into the living room to see what Santa had brought. I think the adults may have been just as excited as the toddlers. Cliona and Avery opened a few presents and wanted to start playing with them straight away so it was easy for us to wait on Karen, Bill, Dana and Dave to arrive for the offical 'present opening'. It was a fun morning - I posted all the Christmas photos on snapfish - HERE
We had a brilliant Christmas with the Philps in LA. The weather was fabulous, it was like summer. We played ping pong in the back garden, set up a table for board games in the garage and had football on the TV. Cliona and Avery played really well together and Cliona got to hold her newest cousin Katherine for the first time. Karen asked Cliona to sit on the couch, said she had a special treat for her and placed Katherine in her arms. After a couple of minutes of paparazzi-style picture taking, Katherine was removed. It was then that Clio asked for her special treat!
We had spent many weeks building up Santa for Cliona this year. We went to the mall once a week for a month and while Cliona started off afraid of Santa and not wanting to have anything to do with him, by the week before Christmas she was all ready to sit on his knee and tell him what she wanted for Christmas - a doll and a scooter. She didn't quite manage a smile, maybe next year. At night we would walk the neighbourhood looking at the lights and Stephen had Cliona looking for Rudolph. She would usually spot him flying by, high in the sky, his red nose guiding Santa's sleigh. We were out the other night and she saw him again and was a little confused but we explained that he was on his way back to the North Pole and that seemd to make sense.
On Christmas morning I awoke to hear Cliona and Avery talking quietly, scheming on how to creep out without being heard. I'm not really sure what they thinking of doing - Gk was already up with Kat so we met the girls as they were coming out of Cliona's room. They were a little suprised but once Stephen and Kerry got up we all went into the living room to see what Santa had brought. I think the adults may have been just as excited as the toddlers. Cliona and Avery opened a few presents and wanted to start playing with them straight away so it was easy for us to wait on Karen, Bill, Dana and Dave to arrive for the offical 'present opening'. It was a fun morning - I posted all the Christmas photos on snapfish - HERE
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