It has been a busy but quiet Christmas week full of some Flisakowski traditions and a few other activities some that may be repeated.
Most of the week has been spent outside playing in the snow with one break to take a trip in town to visit the Children's Science and Technology Museum. Nana and I stayed back from the museum visit but the boys had a fabulous time and managed to get a trip in to Dinosaur BBQ, which we think may have been the reason Grandpa Pete and Rick were so eager to make the voyage in to Syracuse.
The boys have been asking since Thanksgiving to make a gingerbread house and Nana came through with a gingerbread kit. The boys had a blast but Nana and I didn't have our own houses and we both felt the need to decorate so I think next year we will add this activity to our Christmas traditions but perhaps expand it. I will definitely be doing gingerbread house research as the day draws near for Christmas 2011.
We broke with the traditional cookies this year and opted to make cupcakes because Zachy got an early Christmas present. I am not sure we will have these every year but Zach enjoyed the change in tradition.
And of course it wouldn't be a Flisakowski Christmas if we didn't make pierogis. It went a bit faster this year because we had the whole family helping out. Zachy definitely had to be monitored as every now and again he would try to get creative with his technique but all in all it was a success.
And finally, Christmas morning. We had a rough go of it Christmas night. Zach and JT were so excited that they had a hard time getting to sleep. About 3 AM Zach woke up crying about not being able to sleep so we rearranged sleeping partners only to have me wake up at 4 AM to find JT crying that he couldn't sleep because he had been out to the tree and knew that Santa had already stopped by. We ended up getting everyone to sleep until 7.
We all had a fabulous and relaxing day filled with legos, a few rounds of scrabble and some web chatting with Lauren. We hope that you enjoyed your Christmas.
3 comments:
Hey Meghan -- I have two ceramic molds for baking your own gingerbread from Longaberger. Let me know if you are interested.
Oooh! Molds to make my own. That is definitely very tempting. Do you like them? If you are willing; I'd definitely be interested in trying them out.
JT looks like a pierogi pro!
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