we walked through central park this morning . .
it was another grey wintry day . .
we met our friends at noon . .
and walked with the children to the petting zoo . .
the goats are always happy to be fed.
showing off their handmade hats. we went back afterwards to a delicious holiday brunch with our friends. they have a lovely new apartment near the park in a brownstone and we had such a nice time that i was late leaving to meet my friend at the chocolate bar (she was bringing gifts that morgana had sent home with her husband for us). i had taken my phone out to take a few pictures of the apartment, but when i saw the time, pictures were forgotten and we said our good-byes instead.
back at home, we decorated the tree and the living room.
and then the tree almost fell down . . hopefully it's okay now. you can see morgana's gifts in the brown wrapping. she even made our friends wrap them for us!
lighting the fourth candle . .
our fourth sunday of advent dinner together.
opening san's box!
beautifully wrapped gifts . . i was ready to wait but chanda begged to open them tonight . .
tea, teeny cakes, a warm blanket, tea cozy and much needed school paper organizer for korrina (very clever san!).
oops . . hmm . . maybe . .
teeny fruit cakes (they were delicious!) and honey cake from christine in denmark. it was an international feast.
our nighttime reading.
Aw this made my night! Glad that you liked the presents and Greg looks hilarious in the tea cosy hat!!!
ReplyDeleteI have just fallen into bed at 00:15am having prepped most of Pip's party for later today. That gal will be six, crazy!!
Pictures to follow later today!
San xxxx
yes, happy birthday!! you must be sooo tired! but it'll be a fun day :)
DeleteAre you allowed to feed the goats? Most places around here don't like this when people want to feed zoo animals. The Lagerlöf book is so moving, isn't it?
ReplyDeletei think it's so fun to feed the animals! is it that people think it's unhygienic to feed the goats, or rather that it's not healthy for the goats to be eating so much food from people?
Deletethe lagerlöf book is all new to us and we've been enjoying the stories. tonight's tale was a little more disturbing for chanda so i skimmed over a bit of it. i thought it ended in a very profound way (it was the roman soldier's story). the next one is the flight to egypt.
I think here people are afraid the animals get fed bad food and so it is simply forbidden to give them anything.
DeleteI have printed out the book from mainlesson.com many years ago and have read it to Jonathan and Charlotte when they were about 10 and 12. Yes, some stories are more disturbing than others, but they do show how it was like and what Christ is all about. That is why I really like the book. I remember that some stories brought tears to my eyes.
Yes, they are very moving. Christmas is such a profound time. And it's so special and important to share with good friends :)
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