Christmas morning: Morgane wakes up and finds stockings on the dashboard of the van. “How did Santa get in here?” she wonders.
Then we opened her bag of presents and she was very happy to get some more calico critters to play with. My dad also sent her (and us) some money so she could pick something out and she is looking forward to that!
Merry Christmas everyone! We may not be with you, but we missed you. Just know that we did eat well and we were welcomed to a Christmas gathering in San Antonio.
We ate prime rib and duck, sweet potatoes and Madeleine’s amazing cranberry-horseradish dip. We cooked cocktail sausages (hot dogs) in maple syrup and they were a hit – they all got eaten. For dessert there was lots of pie and cookies.
Morgane had some very nice girls to play with – one her own age and two like big sisters. She received a bag of surprises from Madeleine so full that she exclaimed, “I KNEW this was going to be the best Christmas!” She especially loves her pink pony stuffie and her pet shop activity book (which she hasn’t stopped working on). We were spoiled as well and given some Texas music, postcards, books and spicy sauces to liven up our daily cooking.
A big thanks to Madeleine and Missy and everyone else for welcoming us!