December is always an exciting month. We started the month with a Girl Scout dance to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The sponsoring troop had a coat, hat and mitten drive which was very successful. The girls all had fun between dancing and playing different games. Sophia won the hula hoop contest at the Daisy level. She was on fire!
Sophia was quite the shopper at the holiday fair at school. She picked out gifts for me, her father, brothers, cousins and a friend. The gifts she picked matched each one perfectly. She also made gifts at a Girl Scout craft day. She gave her handmade gifts to her grandparents, Aunts, me and a friend.
Right before Christmas Sophia got a high fever. We thought it was just a fever but brought her to the doctors to be sure seeing we were planning on traveling to Conn the following week right after Christmas. It turned out that she had the beginnings of pneumonia. She was given antibiotics and the fever went down in two days. The coughing lessened and we were able to travel the following week.
We had a blast trimming the tree and making gingerbread houses.
It snowed a little bit on Christmas Eve. Boba became a sled dog again and Steve and Sophia built a tiny snowman.
Christmas was exciting. We had both Nick and Aiden down with us from Thursday until Christmas Day. Sophia loves having her brothers around. She was too sick much of the time to really play with them but enjoyed their company.
Christmas morning was wonderful. Sophia woke up at 3:30 AM wondering if we could go downstairs yet. We told her we weren't sure Santa came seeing it was the middle of the night and she went back to sleep until around 6:30 or 7:00. Santa left Sophia an Xbox, a book and a Playmobile Pegasus toy and an electronic drum set. Aiden got a football and Nick got a magazine and a Lego Hobbit toy. We opened gifts from each other, played with the toys and had breakfast at home. We then went to Grandma Beadle's, Grandma Bev's and PopPop's house for a Christmas Story dinner, Chinese food, and to open more gifts. Nick spent a little extra time with his grandparents.
Steve, Aiden, Sophia and I traveled to Conn so that we could see Grandma Barb, George, Linda and all the girls the day after Christmas. It was great to be together there. We stayed a few days in Conn enjoying the time with family.
December was busy but a whole lot of fun. It is hard to believe 2012 has gone and we face a new year. 2012 had many high points and a couple of lows. We are grateful to share good times with family and friends.
