Christmas

Just a few hours after I arrived home from my few days with the girls, Malin's plane touched down in Vancouver, something that we had been looking forward to for months. For two whole weeks we had had her to ourselves, and it was wonderful!


She had not even been with us for 24 hours when we jumped in the truck to head over to Nanaimo for Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at Josefin and Tim's house (or as Anna would say, Bella's house), with mormor, morfar, Suzi, Marcus and the kids.






We had a new santa this year, and he did an excellent job.



One of the first things that santa delivered were these sweet little hats for the girls. He hired mormor as his elf, it seems.


Speaking of being crafty, Annika opened up this gift of a beautiful 'handmade-by-mamma' doll with her own little portable bed. Anna and Bella took turns borrowing it when they could.

Anna also received some handmades by Suzi that went along with this kitchen that has quickly become a focal point at our house, and in which we have many tea parties to which Suzi and Marcus are almost always invited.


Dinner time had the kids at their own table, though it took some convincing to get Lukas to sit at Bell's princess table. Not. Very. Cool.


Dinner was about the last time for the rest of the evening that we saw any clothes on the girls. Anna started the trend, tugging at her clothes and ordering us to "take off", but the other two girls quickly followed suit. They had a lot of fun together, colouring...


and playing doctor.


It was a great Christmas, made all the better for Malin's company.