Christmas

  • Excited!

    Excited!

    You can probably guess what this is!

  • New dress

    New dress

    We took Namine to the store and got her a new Christmas outfit. You could say she was excited. We took a bunch of pictures of the little diva in front of the lit Christmas tree. Here they are.

  • Lights up

    Lights up

    We finally got around to putting up our Christmas lights!

  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas!

  • Out and about

    Out and about

    On Saturday we took Namine to a movie. It was a showing of Free Birds, put on by the Variety children’s charity group for disabled kids.

  • Decorating the window

    Decorating the window

    In lieu of putting up other decorations, like the tree (which we have not have time for, unfortunately), we settled for a simpler solution in case we didn’t get around to the bigger stuff. And it’s one that Namine could help with: painting the window with a tree and nativity scene, then decorating it with…

  • Christmas decorations

    Christmas decorations

    When I got home, I was greeted by a disaster. At least, a disaster at first glance. On looking closer, though, I saw that the living room carpet was itself carpeted in homemade Christmas decorations. Oh yes, Jessica and Namine had been busy.

  • Making our own Christmas stockings

    Making our own Christmas stockings

    Today was a craft day. We made our own Christmas stockings!

  • A selfless love

    A selfless love

    Namine’s Christmas was something close to magical. We don’t have a lot of money, so her gifts would have been in shorter supply, were it not for the generosity of our friends and family. For that, we are truly grateful.

  • That Christmas spirit

    That Christmas spirit

    It’s an accidental bokeh image! I think it looks nice. Credit to my lovely wife. Namine is very much looking forward to Christmas, and we had a lot of fun setting up the tree. We’re trying to temper the excitement about presents and Santa with the real meaning, that of Jesus’ birth.

  • Snow for Jesus

    Snow for Jesus

    Today was quite a busy day.

  • Health update

    In case you were wondering, Namine hates shots. The other day, she got her Synagis shot (for RSV) – and at least one other, I’m pretty sure – but there was too much to give in one go. So even though the dosage was for a single shot, they gave her one in each leg.…