fake christmas

Today, on this last day of 2012...

•  we celebrated "fake Christmas" at home with all five members of the family, (tiny, itty, bitty) snowflakes and all!!

• we welcomed Avery home, and enjoyed all of her gifts (seriously, give a 12yo some spending money and the girl will SHOP) and photos.  From all accounts, it sounds as if she had a spectacular time. 

• I was reminded how thankful I am to have kids who still get excited over the smallest things, like board games and Hex bugs and sticker books.  They get excited about the big stuff too, of course.

• I concluded a year of blogging EVERY SINGLE DAY.  I knew I would do it once I set my mind to it but it was harder than I thought it was going to be.  I do not expect to continue next year.

•  we deep-cleaned two of the kids' rooms to make room for all of their new stuff, which feels like an awesome way to start a new year.

• we went to Peacock Lane after dinner, since Avery hasn't been yet this year.  For the rest of us, it was our fourth time in two weeks.  And just as magical as ever.

•  Avery is going to try and stay up until 9:00 to see the east coast celebrations.  She is still severely jet-lagged so it's going to be a fight.

• I am excited to see what 2013 has in store for all of us.  I'm hopeful that it will include more time with all the amazing friends & family that surround us.

happy new year everyone!