Merry Christmas
***I have written my Christmas blog post once and it was lost due to a technical problem. I am going to write it again, but please forgive me if it isn’t as good as the first one. Not that you would know anyway!***
Merry Christmas everyone! Our family is getting excited about the upcoming birthday celebration for Jesus! We have been teaching our boys the Christmas story about how Jesus was born. They love to look at the nativity sets we have. We have instated a new tradition for our family this year. It is called Cocoa and Christmas lights. One day each week we change the boys into PJs (or PGs as we call them) and make hot cocoa, then we hop in the van and drive around looking at the lights in the neighborhood nearby. Camden and Carsten love this!
Camden is 4 1/2 and attending preschool 3 days a week. He loves school once he gets there, but he is reluctant to leave at times. He has friends at school and loves his teacher Ms. Jennie. Camden is recognizing letters and numbers and writing his own name. We are very proud of him!
Carsten is just 3 months shy of turning two, but he is as determined and independent as any two year old out there! He wants to do everything his brother does and more. He is a great runner and climber and he makes us laugh daily! He is not talking very much which is slightly concerning to his mother…the speech pathologist! I am going to give him a few more months to make his big language boom.
Mark is still working for SOS Physical Therapy as a physical therapist in Queen Creek. Their office is very busy and he really works hard. The company has been very good to us as well. Last weekend they took the therapists and spouses out to eat at Donovan’s and to see The Nutcracker. It was a great evening! Tonight is the Christmas dinner for everyone who works in the clinic. Mark and I got to plan it this year. It is at Superstition Springs Golf Club. We are looking forward to a wonderful evening!
I am working just less than part time. I am part of our Preschool Evaluation Team. We screen and evaluate all incoming preschool students that live in our district. I enjoy working and find the 2 days a week is a nice balance between work and staying home with the boys.
We are spending the holidays close to home this year. We will make a quick trip to Tucson to see my mom and Ken. Christmas day we will be with Mark’s parents. My dad may come over for a visit after Christmas. Mark has a golf tournament for work on New Years Day so we will probably sleep through the New Year, which is just fine with us. Whatever your plans are this season please be safe and never forget the reason we celebrate Christmas was because Jesus was born! Merry Christmas!
Gma L. said,
December 13, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
Good letter, babe! Re:Carsten not talking much–Brian said almost nothing until he was two and a month or so, and then he started, and hasn’t stopped. By the time he talked clearly and well, Robin was talking, too. And now, 33 or so years later, no one could tell which was the earlier conversationalist. Carsten doesn’t have to talk; people wait on him anyway, because he’s so cute. Let’s not hurry him to grow up; Camden is already quite a big school boy.
Don’t we sometimes wish that we could make time stand still, so that they don’t grow away from us so fast?
Gma
Aunt Donna said,
December 15, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Maybe you could give Carsten a little sister, like I did Brian, to get him talking. 😉
Hope to see you guys over the holidays. Merry Christmas!
P.S. Loved your Christmas card picture!
Jocelyn said,
December 15, 2007 @ 11:33 am
I like aunt Donna’s idea. I need another niece. I have 5 nephews and only 1 niece.
Logan, who is only 3 weeks younger then Carsten isn’t talking much either. It seems more normal for baby brothers to talk later. Carsten’s already got a huge head start having a great mom.
Do they need/want anything for Christmas?
Dad said,
December 15, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
I have 5 daughters and 2.8 grandsons. I won’t get a son but maybe one of my kids can provide me with a granddaughter.
Heather said,
December 15, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
NOT THIS ONE!!!
Aunt Dianna said,
December 17, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Love your blogged Christmas letter! I have so many people I send to who don’t know how to turn a computer on (and some family members who do but don’t read our blog!) that I still need to send ours out the old-fashioned way.
Gma L. said,
December 18, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
It’s too bad that Robin doesn’t have time to read the blogs, or make entries. We don’t know what had been happening with the Holsingers since New Year’s Day, 2007.
Dad said,
December 25, 2007 @ 9:48 am
Merry Christmas!
Betty said,
December 25, 2007 @ 9:59 am
Grandpa Betty can’t wait to see those cute boys. Merry Christmas. Love you.
Heather said,
December 25, 2007 @ 11:00 am
I hope that is Grandma Betty! Or Grandpa and Betty! 🙂