Wednesday

Tatiana went to see Santa yesterday.   It was great.   I took the afternoon off, and WFH'ed that morning.  They did schoolwork and I got to listen in.  Judith called to say that she is going to New Zealand on Christmas Eve.   So, she won't be with us at Christmas.    Tatiana was upset.   I think it was also that it meant that she wouldn't be seeing any of her cousins.  But, none of her girl cousins are local anymore. 

She looked adorable in her green velvet Christmas dress.   I tried to put the gold baby bracelet on her, but it was too small.  So, I put a gold chain bracelet on her.  I wanted to expose it for the Santa picture, but it wasn't there.  We wanted a profile of her, so we told her to give Santa a kiss on the cheek.   The photo was super cute.  But, then we had them get a photo of her chatting with Santa.   It was even better.   And the pose was very Tatiana since she was being natural.   She asked Santa for a goat, and then they started to chat about chickens.   Santa has chickens. 

Wednesday evening we played a variation on Splendor.   All the gems and all the Nobles.   It was interesting.