December 25, 2009

Christmas Day! We celebrated Christmas at my parents in Boca Raton. We had a very nice Peruvian dinner on Christmas Eve after going to church. The kids opened one present each and we made it to bed. Christmas morning was too early for us adults, although 8 o'clock seemed like an eternity for the kids to wait. We had many gifts to open, Santa was very generous and brought the girls their in-like skates, an American girl for Chanti, a Skateboard for Colette, Wolverine outfit and claws for Derek. My mom had the house beautifully decorated, very elegant, just like her. We had our morning coffee and then off we went to the clubhouse for a Christmas extravaganza brunch with Santa. It was a feast! We really had a wonderful time, relaxing, swimming in Opa's warm pool (thanks Dad), and playing and learning how to skateboard and in-line skate with Richi, Dietrich and Dad. Our 10 days in Florida were the best!

December 20, 2009 - Chanti's Nutcracker Performance

Chanti was cast as a flower in Nutcracker with the Geneva Park District. They performed three times on this Saturday! Her friend Mary-Grace is also pictured and they go to school together. Chanti is taking Ballet, Lyrical and Tap classes, as well as Tumbling and Piano. She loves to perform on stage and have stage make-up on.

December 10, 2010 - Derek's Pre-School Performance

This is Derek's first Preschool performance. He is going twice a week to school at Batavia Nursery school and has many friends, although Emmett (the redhair boy) is his best buddy. They have playdates every week and are talking about sleepovers already!

Christmas 2010 pictures

This was a Thanksgiving Week and we had nice weather, so we took pictures outside and used them for our Christmas Cards. Colette is 9, Chanti is 7 and Derek is 3 1/2. This was in our backyard!