1. Cram in as many local Christmas related activities as possible before Christmas
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| Natallie's Christmas concert at preschool |
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| Stanley Park |
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| Trinity Street Lights |
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| Polar Express in 4D |
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| Stanley Park Lights |
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| Stanley Park Lights |
2.Teach the kids the Christmas Story and laugh when you hold up the shepherd in the Nativity scene and Nallie says its Moses. (Apparently, anyone holding a staff is by default Moses).
3. Prepare for a 6 hour drive to Grandma and Grandpa's farm by loading car with your entire cartoon DVD collection and the new portable DVD player (thank you Grandma Choi!). Too bad Baby-with-Loud-Vocals is still rear facing so alas cannot see the screen that Big Sis is watching.
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| game face before the trip |
4. Bring a case of fishy crackers and a giant lollypop for Baby-with-Loud-Vocals when all else fails and Baby-with-Loud-Vocals is still screaming in his car seat, insert earplugs and pray that he will sleep soon.
5. Arrive at Grandma and Grandpa's farm, breathe sigh of relief that car ride is over.
6.Play in the snow, all day ever day. Indulge in home-made Christmas baking. Eat, play and repeat. (Notice I did not say sleep - alas, sleeping was apparently not on Baby-with-Loud-Vocal's to-do list)
7. Chase Grandma's dog and cat around the farm. Pick up poor cat and carry him awkwardly everywhere
8. Climb in Grandpa's hay barns and jump off the bails
9. Open Christmas presents and awe at how much Frozen paraphernalia Big Sis has received
10. Spend almost a week at Big White and wake up to fresh powder and views like this
11. Snowboard. A lot. (Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Choi graciously babysitting The Nutshow)
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| Ashley |
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| Rainbow |
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| me |
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| Simon |
12. Teach Nallie how to ski
13. Take multiple group selfies with Gro Pro
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| Playground: the best run on the mountain |
14. End each day at Big White with hot tubbin' and matching onsies.
15. Have all meals sponsored by Costco and cooked by the best mom/grandma.
And that's it !!! Now just need to count down 360 days until next year's vacation...
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