Saturday, December 27, 2008

A bientôt maman!

Un petit mot en français pour ma mère...
Maman, merci d'être venue nous rendre visite, on a passé de très bons moments en ta compagnie. Sam et Anaïs étaient super contentes de te voir et tu nous manques déjà! Sam veut pas aller au lit toute seule ce soir!
Il nous tarde que tu reviennes et nous espérons que ton voyage se déroulera bien.


Sorry everyone about the french, I just wanted to write a little message for my mom. :)
She left today and I have to say that we had so much fun with her here. I always have a great time when I'm with my mom! She loved spending time with the girls and I could tell she was so sad to say goodbye to them. She might come to the LPA convention in New-York with us, we'll see if she can get time off from work.
Anyway, we had a really good Christmas and Sam and Anaïs got so many presents!!
We celebrate Christmas the "french way", or at least the way we did when I was a kid. We eat a big meal on Christmas eve and Santa comes right after and the kids can open their presents. Sam was so cute, when she saw all the presents, the first thing she wanted to do was to give us the present she had made for us at school. She insisted on giving it to us before she even got to look at her own presents, she has such a good heart and I am so incredibly proud of her!!!
She made us a cute little picture frame and place mats. She decided to give the frame to my mom so she could bring it back to France and show it to Alizée, her cousin.
She was SO excited to get a kitchen, she had been wanting one for such a long time!


Anaïs went to bed early on Christmas eve but she ate her holiday dinner too: carrots! She really liked them.
Sam gave her one present that night and then we saved all her other ones for the morning. She actually really enjoy getting new toys! She was laughing and kicking like crazy!


She had fun trying out this new toy!
Also, here is a video of Anaïs playing and talking. PLEASE TURN OFF THE MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO. :)

7 comments:

Mike Mallinson said...

We're trying to get Cherylle's mom to come with us to NY too - we should have an adult night out without the kids if the grandparents can come!

That's so cool Sam wanted a kitchen - that was the top of Evan's list this year too, and fortunately they make some that aren't pink anymore so he got one - it actually scans the food toys and talks to you about what you're cooking! Such a nerd, I know... LOL

Anais looks great!

Unknown said...

Looks like a wonderful Christmas! I'm so glad you had such a great time with your mom, I'm sure she must miss you all so much when she is gone. I hope Sam and Anais have fun with their new toys from Santa!

Melissa Swartley said...

What a great Christmas! Your girls are so sweet! Love that kitchen set!

Sarah said...

Hey how do you like that new toy for Anais? I was thinking about it for Tes. Please let me know how you rate it. Fun and very cute pics. Miss you, Sarah

Sarah said...

I love the pictures. Your girls are so beautiful!! I'm so glad you had fun with your mom. I hope she's able to make it to NY.
I love the kitchen. The kids got one at their grandparents house (and left it there) and they love it. I want to get one for our house now...it's so much fun.
Thanks for sharing the fun pics!

Trent and Suzanne Bray said...

Anais and Sam are so cute! We missed you up here, but I'm glad you had a good Christmas at home. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,
Trent and Suzanne

Kim said...

I love the video! I miss those little cute baby sounds. She is so adorable! I want to kiss her. Sam looks like she was in heaven! What a cool kitchen set! I am sure you miss your mom so much. It looks like the two of you are the best of friends!