All of our Christmases include Finnish and American traditions. Santa Claus visits Emma and Niklas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. This year we also included the Christmas Story and piano concert in our Eve traditions...
You better watch out You better not cry
Emma and Niklas
Brother and Sister
Mistletoe kiss
Emma
Emma
Emma favorite pose
Niklas
Share the warmth event with girl scouts
Finnish School children
Let’s get ready for the show
Finnish Christmas songs
Rebecca, Emma, Miia, Niklas, Emma and Emily
Elf songs
Tip tap tip tap
Finnish Christmas Dinner and happy eaters
Oh no, the wagon fell over...
Here we go again!
Tip tap tip tap
Gingerbread cookie baking with Finnish School
Emma
Cub scout Christmas party at Kate’s skating
Emma, the brownie girl
I promise...
Girlscouts visiting a nursing home
Decorating the Christmas tree
Emma’s troop 3053
Decorating the Christmas tree at home
Getting ready for Christmas
PJ Day at school
Baking cookies again!
Cubscouts baking at our house
Santa Program at school
Gingerbread houses
Chatting with Minna-tati online
Decorating the gingerbread houses
Almost finished
But not yet
Yes, we did it!
Christmas Even dinner with all the Tuckers
Hungry Grandaddy
Kalmia, Bob, Andy, Lynn and Rob
Niklas reading the Christmas story
The angels and Niklas
The final scene
Santa came at 7 PM
Are there any nice children?
Yes, me, Andy-boy
Yes, me, Emma-girl
Niklas-boy
Granddaddy and Santa
Lynn-mummi and Santa
Sanna-Mamma
Final portrait before departure
Emma’s piano concert
Emma
Demolishing Niklas’ gingerbread house
Sorry Niklas but we are going to eat it.
Christmas Day... Santa came again!
We are very lucky children
This is exactly what I wished for
Hmmm, good Pokemon cards
Amazing Alyssen
Now I can help with cooking
I wonder what this is from Argentina
Emma helping out with the big package from Argentina