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Bah Humbug!

No...no....no..no.. I still love Christmas....just referencing Scrooge! My classes have been working soooooo hard on learning the play A Christmas Carol and tomorrow is our big performance! It will feel so great when it over with and we can all relish in the satisfaction that will follow...... Only about 7 days of school left and then some much needed time off to spend with the fam!

We have presents under the tree and we are trying to carefully select the remaining presents for Gabriella. With Christmas and her birthday and the day of the three kings (Jan. 5) it seems there are tons'o'presents to buy! We are starting to plan Gabby's first birthday party (finally....I know most people would have been planning months ago). We looked at some party places and it would cost about 800 dollars! Toooooo expensive for us....so we thinking of doing her party at a park, renting one of those inflatable bouncy things,and bringing food. Hopefully we will have concrete plans this weekend! We will be in Puebla with Enrique's family from Dec. 20-26 so we will do a party there and then another party here on her actual birthday!

Well, hope all is well with one and all. We recently watched the cartoon "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" in class. We were watching to figure out the theme and it was a nice reminder to not lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas.....

Thanksgiving 2008

So, Gabby's first Thanksgiving was great! We celebrated with some friends and we had a great time! We got some great pics, too!

This past weekend we ventured down the the Zocalo (the downtown) to wander around. They make a huge ice skating rink at the palace and tons of people go skating! We only looked at the rink--it was opening the evening that we were there--but hopefully we will make it back to skate before the season ends!

We also put up our Christmas tree this past weekend! The tree looks great! We had fun decorating it and listening to carols. We were worried about Gabby trying to get at the tree, but she was actually scared of it at first. Now she isn't scared of it, but she simply admires it from a far.

Shelves. We visited The Home Depot this past weekend and got some wood cut so we can hang shelves! We also bought some stain and brackets....wish us luck!!!!!

The countdown is on for the visit from my mom and my friend George. They will be here at the end of the month and we cannot wait!

Hope all is well with one and all!