Twas the Day Before Christmas

Henry and I hope that your Christmas was as merry as ours was! Today we'll talk about Christmas Eve. As we prepared for everyone to arrive (Uncle Ryan and Adrienne got there the night before), Henry and I constructed this year's gingerbread house.


Unfortunately, Henry had to keep being reminded that he wasn't allowed to taste the gingerbread house!



Before it was time for church, we changed into our adorable Christmas Eve outfits. Don't we look fancy?



And what do you think of my high heels?



As you probably noticed above, Henry is going through a phrase where he squints as he says "Cheese!" when it's time to take pictures. Fortunately, Dad got a bunch of cute photos where his eyes stayed open.





What a handsome brother I have! That night, we had a yummy Christmas Eve Ukrainian dinner, then it was time to go to sleep in hopes that Santa would visit that night. Did he? Stay tuned...

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from me and Henry!


For a little Christmas entertainment, here's a video Mom took of me dancing during the intermission at The Nutcracker when she and I went a few weeks back. As you can see, I really loved it!



One day it will be me on that stage!

Hope your Christmas was a very merry one!

Meeting Mykolaj

Happy Christmas Eve! Santa is coming tonight, but Julia and I already got a visit from St. Nicholas, or Sv. Mykolaj as he's known if you are Ukrainian.

The other week, we all went to the Ukrainian American Cultural Center, where the kids all put on skits about the story of Mykolaj and sang songs. Then Mykolaj arrived and gave out presents to all the kids there. Like me!


What could it be?


Why, it's a fancy ramp for my Matchbox cars with an elevator, a car wash and all sorts of other fun stuff!

Then it was Julia's turn to get her gift from Mykolaj.


What could it be?


Look, it's the special prince and princess puppets Julia had been eying! How did he know?


Our friends Alec and Isabella were there to get their gifts from Mykolaj as well!



And here's a quick video showing one of the skits, and Mykolaj's entrance.



Very nice to meet you, Mykolaj!

Wedding redux

It's hard to believe that it's almost been two months since Diana and Eric's amazing wedding. We posted lots of great pictures and videos from that blessed event already, but Diana passed along some spectacular photos from the wedding photographer, and we of course wanted to share those as well.

Rehearsal dinner:


Wedding day, at the church before the ceremony:








Wedding ceremony:





Official wedding photos:


Reception:







Thanks for sharing these, Diana! What a wonderful wedding.

Santa boogie

Look what Henry and I discovered the night that we watched the lighting of our town's Christmas tree: a dancing Santa!