... are passing by fast and furious and are filled with big and small things, chatter, quiet, music, goings and comings. Christmas is almost here. The New Year is almost here. Where did the year go?
And in the middle of these comings and goings, I pause and take a picture and another picture, and another picture of the moments I hope to keep forever.
That smile:
and the gingerbread house. Somehow, we may be able to make our own next year! This store bought stuff is not too tasty.
That look:
(Charm bracelet earned at school. Every day of the week the children were quizzed on various things: writing their name, birthday, logging in with the PIN onto the school website and library catalog, reading certain sight words, grouping, counting, tieing their shoes, etc. For each task done well, they would get a charm. Here is Ella proudly showing off her bracelet with all the charms.)
Another smile:
At Lifetime Cafe, getting her favorite treats: popped chips and fruite leather.
The house will be soon filled with delicious aromas of sarmale, pork roast (friptura), freshly baked home-made bread, cozonac, and other goodies. (We'll be preparing a lot of the dishes in advance to make Christmas Eve and Christmas only about Him.)
And in the middle of these comings and goings, I pause and take a picture and another picture, and another picture of the moments I hope to keep forever.
That smile:
That look:
(Charm bracelet earned at school. Every day of the week the children were quizzed on various things: writing their name, birthday, logging in with the PIN onto the school website and library catalog, reading certain sight words, grouping, counting, tieing their shoes, etc. For each task done well, they would get a charm. Here is Ella proudly showing off her bracelet with all the charms.)Another smile:
(We love our Christmas tree.)
And another smile:
At Lifetime Cafe, getting her favorite treats: popped chips and fruite leather.
And another smile and pose in the traditional "after-church-by-our-favorite-tree" picture:
The house will be soon filled with delicious aromas of sarmale, pork roast (friptura), freshly baked home-made bread, cozonac, and other goodies. (We'll be preparing a lot of the dishes in advance to make Christmas Eve and Christmas only about Him.)
We'll have a family Christmas concert with piano renditions and Christmas carols on Christmas Eve, right there in our living room.
We'll be stuffing the little while stocking for baby Jesus, with our list of blessings for the year (a little tradition we started a few years back.)
We'll welcome Santa with cozonac and a glass of soy milk.
We'll be eagerly opening our earthly gifts, but hopefully thinking of and being more grateful for our heavenly blessings poured out upon us all through the year.
We'll be feasting in the great comfort of family love and togetherness, this year having been blessed to have our parents/grandparents with us!
We'll be feasting in the great comfort of family love and togetherness, this year having been blessed to have our parents/grandparents with us!
We'll be happy. We'll be grateful. We'll be determined and motivated to make life good.
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