Christmas is a great time of year for the kids. Although Liam wasn't fond of me making him wear a bowtie for the christmas card pictures he still managed to put on a smile, even if it was begrungingly.
Liam got to wear his bow tie a second time for a Christmas concert that same week. After preparing with his teacher and learning how to bow for the audience he played the Indiana Jones theme song for the concert.
To my amazement he wore the bow tie a third time for the Nutcracker. Lila was old enough we actually went with the whole family this year.
To make the holiday season even more chaotic we took a quick trip to California to see my brother and sister a few days before Christmas. We made gingerbread houses and explored Santa Barbara, returning home just in time for Christmas eve.
Fortunately Santa made it to our house and Liam got a telescope, Lila got more dolls than she needs and Ben got a high end vacuum cleaner that he was lusting after for months. A busy but decidedly good December for 2012.
