Christmas Break

Our Christmas Break this year was a full two weeks off, a total of 16 days!  Vera and I have been talking about being on "vacation" right now.  She has really enjoyed staying home with me.  Often, when I ask her if she wants to go out and do something or stay home, she wants to stay home and play. 

Vera quickly caught on to "sleeping in" while on vacation.  She's been getting up around 9 lately.  We're going to be in trouble when it's time to go back to school.  On Sunday after our Christmas gathering at my parents' house, Vera slept in until 11:15.  After she woke, she sat with me in the chair and dozed off and on for another hour.  The holidays certainly wore her out!

If I could summarize this break with one word, it would be MOVIES!  We have watched so many movies together.  Many evenings, we would lay down in bed together and watch some holiday movie on TV.  To name just a few, we've watched Polar Express, Little Mermaid, Elf on the Shelf, and Chipmunk's Movie.  I have really enjoyed doing this with Vera, and Vera loves to lay in her mom & dad's bed. 

Before Christmas, Adam and I took Vera to her first movie in the theater.  We went to Piqua and saw "Frozen" in 3D.  Vera was so good.  She was really into the movie; it was a cute movie!  When the movie was over, and we were walking out, Vera asked when we could come back to see another movie. 

Right as Christmas break began, we went to see Santa one last time with Blake at North Star Community Center.  Blake was a little scared of Santa, but Vera told him exactly what she wanted, per her usual.  She nervously twirled her hair, all while talking with Santa.

I had an assistant in making food for our holiday parties this year:

On Christmas Eve, we gave the sponge curlers another go.  It didn't turn out that great.  Vera's hair is still just too thin.  It turns into a fuzz-head after about 20 minutes. 

Of course it wouldn't be Christmas break if we didn't spend time playing with all of our new toys and surprises.  It's been really fun to listen to Vera pretend, create, and play. 

Uncle Brian got Vera a singing machine for Christmas.  Singing and dancing has been brought to a whole new level at our house!

The trunk of dress-up clothes and jewelry has been a huge hit!

Vera says Happy New Year!