Christmas Day

We had a very mellow Christmas day at home this year. In lieu of traveling somewhere warm and exotic, we stayed in snowy Paris and all got sick.
The night before Christmas, Lucie put out milk and cookies for Santa. We also all left our slippers under the Christmas tree to help Santa know where to leave our gifts.
Christmas morning, Lucie was thrilled to report that the cookies and milk were gone and that Santa had left her his hat.
Opening presents... The large green box is a Playmobile doll house.

Oh Lucie

The week before Christmas, Lucie came home from school with a black eye. I asked her how she had gotten it and she told me that her friend had scratched her. Oh no, that's awful I thought and then I stopped. Lucie what did you do that your friend scratched you? Lucie told me with a big smile that she'd punched her friend in the head. Ouch! Of course, the two girls are still best friends.

Santa Fails

Lucie is really into the idea of Santa coming to her house while she's sleeping and leaving her presents under the tree. But as you can see, she's not so into actaully sitting on his lap.
The little Christmas market near our apartment had free face painting and photos with Santa, which is why Lucie has a little cat face painted on her too.