Jackson:
Friday December 17th, my dad and I got a call from Chelsea saying that the ceiling above the piano had started to leak again and that she needed our help to stop it. My dad grabbed me and we ran over to the 455 house ready to see the piano dripping with water. We ran inside and Chelsea lead us to the piano room, the door opened and there waiting for us was Levi and Mama. Papa and I were so shocked. I was talking to Mama on the phone right before when it was 1 AM in Glasgow, completely unaware that they were in a taxi driving home from the airport at the same time.
When I walked into the piano room, I was shocked because I was expecting to see the piano covered in water, but instead Levi and Mama were standing there and the piano was completely fine. I was so happy to see them and bewildered as to how they were able to get home without anybody knowing. I gave Mama and Levi huge hugs and I was just so grateful that they came back for Christmas.
After they got back, Mama and I went on a Costco and Meijer run to get some food and some extra lights we needed for the candles we were going to set up in the windows of the house. After testing a bunch of our candles we ended up having around 20 light bulbs that didn't work, and we needed a few extra candles also. We worked our way around the house room by room putting up the candles and finding all the extension cords we needed. In the end, the house looked very beautiful and atmospheric with a candle in each window.
If you are wondering, there are about 80 candles in total!
Now with the Scotland Squad back together, plus Oma, We got out the board games.
We found Guesstures and played it with Mama, Oma and Levi.
Oma was the star of the show, leading she and Mama to a victory.
Next up......
Mama, Levi and I played cribbage, I won this game by a little bit.
Mama was green and. none too happy...
Since we were going to spend Christmas morning all together now, we needed to get the house more appropriately decorated.
Levi, Mama, and I set up the Christmas decorations including the Christmas tree. We had mostly red lights with a few green ones, and we got out the huge collection of ornaments we had and put them on the tree.
On Christmas eve, Levi and I walked down to the downtown market and got some gifts for Papa and some things to eat on Christmas day. We got a french lemon yogurt cake from the pastry shop and some salted caramel ice cream from Loves Ice cream.
Oma came over for Christmas eve and brought Moxie with her. Levi and I went on a walk with Oma and Moxie that night and we saw some luminaries set around Pleasant Park and around Heritage Hill. There were a lot of luminaries on Madison street. We saw all of the houses that had Christmas decorations out, and all the trees in the windows. It was beautiful!
We had a feast that day as we made a charcuterie board with some sausages and cheeses that Mama and I had picked out at the downtown market. We had gone to Apertivo to get some Calabrese salami, an aged goats cheese and a black pepper garlic salami. Oma brought over a summer sausage and some dips to add to the board, we added some vegetables as well.
After the walk all of us watched Home Alone. Mama had never seen it before, and it was a good Christmas eve movie to watch.
Christmas morning we all woke up around 9 AM. Papa came over and we all went into the living room with the Christmas tree. It was beautiful with all the red lights and the angel at the top. We turned the couch around so we could face the tree. There were a lot of gifts under the tree, it was so fun to have Christmas with everyone together, even Moxie.
Levi gave Mama a mug that he made in school in his Nuvu class that had the Scottish flag on it with a Hello Kitty in the middle of it.
It was a great Christmas having Mama and Levi back in Grand Rapids.
Jackson
And isn't that the true meaning of Christmas?! Family and time together. A true Mama's dream. This is Kitty with a postscript to Jackson's synopsis. It was an absolute blast surprising the fam, and we had a beautiful holiday being back in Michigan. I'm so glad we made it, as it isn't the easiest to travel at this time, but it was certainly worth it. To all of you friends that I would have loved to see, please know I will make it a point to see you this summer. This was a quick trip made with the sole intention for Levi to see his dad and for me to see my firstborn son. I love you all and send you virtual hugs. Happy New Year and please god let 2022 be the end of covid and all pandemic related chaos! At least that is my biggest hope for us all.
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Christmas Cracker Kitty
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