Christmas Themed Weekend

The preparations for Christmas were in full swing here in West Lafayette this weekend. With the snow still lingering outside and the fire being lit each night, it felt natural to start the preparations in earnest. Yesterday we put up our decorations. We don't do much, a tree and a few token efforts, but it now certainly feels a little more festive. We may purchase a few more lights over the coming weeks.

Today we wrote our very first letter to Santa Claus. Anja was quite excited to be able to let Santa know that she has been, and will continue to be, a very good girl. Her requests were very modest indeed, I guess it will be too much to expect a continuation of that over the years!! We too think that Santa is excellent, we have used the threat of a direct call to him twice already today, to perfect effect I must add. We may have a very compliant girl for the coming weeks!!