Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas at Home

Back home, we had to set out some reindeer food there, too. Elena enjoyed sprinkling it on the sidewalk and bushes, Joseph wanted to taste it.


We put out cookies and a carrot, and Elena poured some milk.


Christmas morning, the cookies were gone, the milk drunk, and the carrot nothing more than a gnawed end.


We made a special gift for each of the kids. This is Elena's doll. She said it was Elena, but I'm sure she'll acquire a proper name soon.


This is Joseph's map. It's still not quite done, but most of it's there. Thanks for the pictures, they'll help a lot.

6 comments:

Christina said...

Looks like fun!!!!

Anonymous said...

The map looks really cool and I love Elena's doll. Merry Christmas.

Lisa said...

As an update, the doll has a name: HÉLÈNE. She still wanted to name it Elena, but I convinced her to switch languages to avoid too much confusion.

Marin said...

Where's all your snow? Just kidding... (man I've gotta get out of the north!) Looks like a merry Christmas! I love elena's doll! You're so talented... it puts my afagan and library bag for Sariah to shame!

Lisa said...

Hey, the afgan and bag are special because Mommy made them, and no one else's stuff can take that away. I think it's awesome that you taught yourself how to sew.

Regan said...

Looks great! The map is really cool, and I'm way impressed that you made the doll. As near as I can figure, it looks like Elena's visiting us in the picture.