Wow, what a busy Christmas we had!  It’s hard to remember everything we did, but our photos will help us remember some of the highlights.  I’m so much bigger and smarter than last year, now that I’m 4, and Bumblebee is super-excited to be 3 – you will probably get to see photos from her birthday as well as mine in the next blog post, but for now we’re going to look at some Christmas photos.

We got to help decorate the tree the week before Christmas.  It was a lot of fun.  Here we are being big tree-decorating helpers!

  

This was taken right after Christmas morning Mass, at Old St. Patrick’s Oratory downtown.  It is a beautiful church, and we really liked the nativity scene they set up (behind us in the photo).

Before going to Mass we got to see what was in our stockings.  We each got our own cord rosary and a little pouch for it, as well as a small stuffed animal, holy cards, balloons and some treats.  I got a pocket saint book, Bumblebee got a doll outfit and Squeaker got a pair of little gloves.  Cruz has a stocking, but mommy and daddy didn’t fill it because they said he didn’t need anything but hugs and kisses, and you can’t put those in a stocking.  Anyway, here are some pictures and videos of Christmas morning.

 

Later in the day we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for a big dinner in honor of Jesus’ birthday. Squeaker found an old clown wig with the toys and decided to try it on – the results were quite funny.

  

We opened more gifts in honor of Jesus’ birth at a larger family party on the Sunday after the 12th day of Christmas (Epiphany). Here are a few photos from that party.

Here is one more video of Squeaker singing her favorite song.  She had just woken up from her nap, so her hair and outfit were a little lacking, but she sure is cute anyway.

And finally, here are just a few of our pro Christmas photos, which were actually taken in November.

  

We hope you enjoyed looking at our pictures and videos.  Mom and Dad say they’ll get the birthday blog done soon… but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t happen until after Squeaker’s birthday at the end of this month.

We will leave you with a photo of a Gingerbread house that mommy let us help make.  It was a lot of fun, and thankfully not as messy as we thought it would be. The kit was from Grandma M.  Mom says maybe we’ll get lucky and receive another one next year.

Have a blessed and Holy Lent!

Love, Jr.