December 20th was the last day of school before
break. We had our Christmas program on the 17th. The parents came
and the kids did a small reading and then we all sang Christmas carols. My kids
recited two poems for their part of the program and they did a nice job with
it! On Thursday we had our Christmas Pot Luck Dinner and did the raffle
drawing. I did not get anything in the drawing but it was still fun. I tried
dried fish and it was pretty good. It is hard to bite the fish off the skin
though. I also had some Eskimo ice cream (akutaq) which was pretty good. On
Friday I gave my kids some stuffed animals my grandma had sent me for them and
we had a fun, relaxing day. One of my kids has stolen all of the candy canes
off our school Christmas tree so she didn’t get to join in our afternoon movie.
Christmas Eve Meghan, Andy, and I went to the Christmas Eve
program at the church. Almost the whole community was there and the church was
decorated very nicely. I also attended
our Christmas Eve Pollyanna party through FaceTime and got to pick out a gift.
I got a first aide kit…better luck next year I hope. I also learned that only
people in the Philadelphia area use the word Pollyanna!
Christmas morning I went over to the school and FaceTimed my
family. I opened my gifts they sent me with them. I got a lot of nice warm
layers, Maddy sent me some beautiful things from her trip to Spain, and I got a
Pandora bead that says Alaska. I sent home a seal/beaver hat for Maddy for
Christmas, scrimshaw on walrus tusk for my dad, and a kindle for my mom. I even
got to be at Christmas dinner at home through the Ipad only I couldn’t eat
anything. That night I went to Meghan and Andy’s. We had a nice turkey dinner
and exchanged gifts. Meghan made me a BEAUTIFUL quilt with my favorite colors
in it. They also got Piper and mammoth bone and a slow feed bowl. Overall it
was a very nice Christmas day and I’m glad I got to spend it with my family
(via FaceTime) and friends.
Purse from Florence, Italy
Scarf from Morocco, Africa
Pendent from Florence, Italy
Scarf from Spain
Candy bars from Spain..SO GOOD
Quilt from Meghan
Christmas Dinner
Scrimshaw on walrus tusk for my dad
Her new bowl takes her so long to eat she lays down
New Years Eve/Day I spent with Piper. The kids don’t come back
to school until the 13th. We finally have inservices and workdays
starting Wednesday next week. It started snowing Christmas day and we have had
snow or rain everyday since. We got so much snow it was up to Piper’s belly.
Now we have rain and wind and all of the snow is gone leaving a sheet of ice. We
had fun going for walks and playing in the snow but this break has been rough.
Being bored and alone is defiantly making me more homesick.
Piper paw print
My Christmas cards got here on the 23rd. I only
had enough stamps to send some of them out. I ordered stamps a while before
Christmas but they still haven’t come. If you get a Christmas card in the next
few weeks I apologize for them being so late.
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