Merry Christmas

Our tree is full of ornaments finally. That means Christmas is here. The kids did an amazing job, combining the ornaments we got for our wedding with ornaments we collected while traveling as a family over the last couple of years and the ones we bought here over time. And they are full of excitement. The ants in their pants might as well be little Elves… I wonder if they will manage to sleep tonight…

As I write this I indulge in a cup of a very special Nespresso blend, a coffee that apparently was lost for a while and rediscovered only a short time ago, somewhere in the Andes. Great marketing as so much around Christmas is. But you know what: I don’t mind. The coffee is actually amazing and the cookies I enjoy with it are not that bad either.

The kids watch a Christmas movie while they wait for the color of the canvases they paint for their Grandma to dry so they can finally wrap their gifts. They did an amazing job with it!

Our lead up to Christmas was slightly more hectic this year than usually. We’ve been away and then there were a couple of meetings and somehow the real Christmas spirit only just hit over the last couple of days… actually only just really yesterday. But it finally arrived.

Now it is all about figuring out which cookie to leave out for Santa tonight. When I suggested to put a carrot out instead of a cookie, the kids were very quick to tell me off. Santa does not like a carrot! I guess they were worried that he might not leave any good gifts behind for just a carrot ;-). We will see tomorrow…

 

Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope you will spend it with your loved ones and that you have an amazing time full of magic and love.