A couple notes to capture some of the sweetness of the season. The kids are all really excited to open presents and are very impatient about Christmas Day arriving. They calculate many times a day how many days are left until Christmas. Christmas has felt a little awkward to me this year as we are trying to figure out how fit into our new house and new community with it - how to decorate and how to reach out to others to share our traditions. It's been tricky but generally successful and we have learned what we'll do differently next year.
Advent in particular has been difficult. It is our most favorite tradition but we had a hard time finding people who wanted to come over on Sunday evenings and sing with us. One Sunday we ended up with nobody as the family we asked got sick and cancelled on us. That Sunday we had Advent just ourselves and we sang whatever we wanted and sang over each other and sang all the time. Rose Pink accompanied instead of me, and it was so much fun! Yesterday was the last Sunday of Advent, and we had three families over. It was a little crowded but very enjoyable. Mr. Brown and I both loved listened to Rosebud sing the songs she knew at the top of her lungs. She also gets up and dances and spins in circles when the spirit moves her while we're singing. I love how she is all in to the experience.
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