What a treat!

And, finally, due to circumstances beyond our control, we celebrated Christmas and my birthday (Dec. 26), as well as Josephine's 14th birthday (Dec. 9th) on Saturday, February 26th. 

Things are settling down, COVID numbers are down, and we felt safe enough to see the kids. It's been lonely, despite Facetime and phone calls.

JB set the scene. I hauled the presents out of the closet, where they have sat for months.

They arrived early, prior to lunch. Josephine had a Zoom call for a leadership camp. They used to do it in person, with overnighters at the high school, but that wasn't possible this year. She was on from 12:30 until 6, then back on from 7:30 to 10:30.

We had lunch. Lunchtime was the birthday celebrations, and dinner was 'Christmas' one! I'd asked for carrot cake. The candles were obvious. Between '14' and '65' they had it covered. Isabelle was in charge of lighting said candles. It was hilarious. We have an open concept kitchen/dining area. We could hear everything they were doing.

 

We debriefed after I blew the candles out. Izzy had lit most of them, had to light another match, it was nearing her fingers so she blew it out. She snorted when she accidentally blew them all out! It was good to have fun and laugh. We've been feeling so dreary.

Josephine had fun with my camera. 

We took turns wearing the birthday hat. My SIL, JL, took the camera and recorded the event!

Tomorrow I shall post about our Dinner and Christmas!