Christmas

Clara was in awe of her first Christmas tree, which we ceremoniously turned on every night with great fanfare. She was partial to the tiny stuffed bears made out of pom-poms and was particularly perplexed when the tree went from soft and flexible to pointy and brittle.

We weren't savvy enough to have a stocking made in advance, so we got a little crafty and were pretty amused with what we came up with. Clara seemed to really like it.


We travelled up to the D.C. area to celebrate Christmas with Rebecca's parents, sisters and their children. Clara's cousins were extremely found of Clara and at one point during a Mall museum tour, bowed to her in their admiration.

Clara says, "Monument, shmonument....big deal."
Clara and Daddy with giant sloth skeleton in background. A favorite Spence animal.

We also visited a gigantic train store.

Christmas Day - Clara assisted in the opening of everyone's presents. Again, paper and ribbon - so nice.