Merry Christmas

This Christmas didn't turn out quite how we would have expected, but I can't say it was a bad Christmas..just a little more low key than we would have planned. Let's see...Christmas Eve. We were supposed to go to a friend's house for Noche Buena for a Bolivian feast, but Sam came down with a really high fever so we stayed home and JJ and I cooked a pre-cooked chicken in the oven and had a couple of glasses of wine and saw a silly movie. No lechon, no yuca (i missed the yuca), no black beans...but what else does a girl need anyway.

I thought Sammy would wake up better, but he actually never woke up because he never really went to sleep. He was up all night, poor baby, with a fever and just a general state of uncomfortableness.

Santa managed to make it to our house and Luka was up bright and early to see if he had been naughty or nice. Poor Sam didn't really enjoy opening the presents at all, but Luka did! You should have seen his face when he saw the living room with toys...it was magical. This is the first year that he "gets" Santa Claus.

Well the day progressed and the whole family stayed in pajamas. This is the first Christmas ever that I stay in PJs all day. Let me tell you...it was kind of fun. The pajama part...not the Sam being sick all day (reason why we stayed home). But it is 7:35 pm on Christmas Day and he is finally in his own bed sleeping for the first time in 24 hours. I think he is starting to feel better.

After our french toast breakfast in PJs. We had lunch (sandwiches) in PJs and then we had homemade fish and chips (deep fried) in our PJs. Some of you reading this might think..what slobs...but we had a good time soothing Sammy all day and watching Luka play with ALL of his Christmas presents.

Hopefully Sammy will feel better tomorrow and we will get dressed and venture out into La Paz. It has also rained all day so it has made it impossible to leave the house.

That is our Christmas report. We didn't have a Noche Buena, but we enjoyed the day as a family and we are healthy, happy and very lucky to have each other. Like Luka said today, "Mami, I am very lucky."

Merry Christmas from Bolivia.

To see more pictures from today click here.

PS I really got a kick out of watching JJ build all the toys and things Luka got. It made me think of my dad and all the things he built for us on Christmas Day through the years. I bet you he lost a couple of hairs trying to figure out some of those instructions. There was no internet in those days...today JJ was able to find a video online when he got stuck on Luka's big pirate ship. What did people do before the internet??? ha ha ha.

PSS Mom, thanks for sending the whole family Christmas PJs...if not we would have been naked all day...ha ha ha. Just kidding!