Glosette Girl, Margot and I don't really have a routine when it comes to Christmas day. I don't mean the build up to Christmas - we always do certain things in the month leading up to the big day:
- Put up Christmas lights around the house about a month before Christmas.
- Put up a Christmas tree a couple of weeks before Christmas.
- Go see the Aylmer Christmas parade.
- Watch Margot in her school Christmas concert.
- Attend a kids' "midnight" (i.e. 4 pm) Christmas church service.
- Watch cheesy Christmas movies (Glosette Girl has a soft spot for Home Alone, I'm more of a Rankin/Bass person myself)
- Listen to way too much Christmas music.
But when it comes to Christmas itself, we're all over the map. The same goes for New Years. Last year we jetted off to
El Salvador immediately after Christmas. In 2016 we were in
Costa Rica. In 2015 we were living at our old home in Hull, Quebec. That was the year it was almost
17 degrees Celsius on Christmas Eve. The next day we went for a "winter" walk in light jackets. Hard to believe when you look out at the snow blanketing everything now!
There are a couple of reasons for this seasonal excitement. First, Glosette Girl is a teacher (her students call her Ms. Glosette) so Christmas is one of the times that are easiest for us to travel. Second, my family lives in
Toronto so we try and make a point of visiting them at this time of year. And that's where we were this year on Christmas day. Here are some snaps from our urban Christmas 2018!
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| #1: Skating under an elevated highway |
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| #2: Visiting the most castle-y house in Toronto - Casa Loma! |
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| #3: Enjoying Toronto's version of "snow" (it's warmer here than Ottawa - white stuff falls but it doesn't stay on the ground!) |
Honestly, I'm just super grateful to be able to share all these cool Christmas experiences with my family. And Margot takes everything with stride. Let's listen to her opine about our latest adventure:
Chat you later!
These video posts by Margot are awesome!
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