Happy Holidays!

Happy everything to those who celebrate anything (as well as those who don’t) this time of year! We will be celebrating Christmas here with my family, then New Year’s and Reyes (which is the day Spanish Catholics exchange gifts because it is when they believe the three wise men gave their gifts to baby Jesus) in Spain with Agustín’s family.

We have had a very busy December. The end of the semester meant I was busy with papers and projects, as well as grading a lot of student papers (finally done!). Agustín has temporarily taken on a new responsibility at work that requires him to work Saturdays. But Emilia is just busy having fun! She’s on break from “school” since I finished the semester. These are a few pictures of our recent fun times.

Above, Emilia plays dress up with mom’s tote of winter clothes. It’s so much more fun to wear other people’s hats and gloves than your own!

Emilia tries the stockings on papa’s feet. (You gotta admit, it makes sense!)

And here are a few photos from yesterday’s trip to the Children’s Museum, an amazing place that we would visit weekly if it were closer to home. Unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of her petting the snake, which she was very proud of (she was too scared when she was first given the option to pet the turtle, but later came out of her shell….sorry, couldn’t resist the pun!).