Red & Green

Only 13 days left and only 5 school days until Christmas! Sunny and I are counting the days, hours, even minutes, until that joyous day! I feel like bursting into a Christmas carol right about now... LOL!

On another note, the last day of the Secret Santa gift exchange was yesterday, and I had a ton of fun! Gwen couldn't believe that her Secret Santa was me. And, believe it or not, Elizabeth wasn't my Secret Santa. She had Emily. My Secret Santa was Noelle! She said she made her handwriting look like Elizabeth's to keep me off the scent, and it did work! I hope we can do Secret Santa next year, too.

Anyways, today Sunny had a red and green photo shoot with her sister's doll, Emily. The pictures are posted below:

(The text on this last picture is hard to see but it'll show up better if you enlarge it, I think)

Cali***

Holiday Updates

Hi! It's Cali. Today was a shortened day at my school and the fourth day of the Secret Santa Gift Exchange. Tomorrow I'll be able to tell Gwen that I'm her Secret Santa and confirm that Elizabeth was mine!Also, Sunny has decided to do a Secret Santa thing with her friends, which includes Maggie. She won't let me say who she has since her friends check this blog constantly... but, anyways, whoever she has is going to be totally surprised!

Besides all this Secret Santa stuff, I've been participating in the school Christmas Choir. This year we're doing songs like "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Sleigh Ride", "Silent Night", "Angels We Have Heard on High", "The Holly and the Ivy", and my personal favorite, "Holly Jolly Christmas"! It's very fun! Jane and Noelle are doing it with me, as well as Elizabeth, who takes voice lessons at her school. We're going on our first caroling walk on Saturday. Yay!

Anyways, I just wanted to keep you all updated. More posts soon! Oh, I almost forgot; here are some more holiday portraits!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Cali***

On the first day of Christmas...

Okay, it isn't exactly the first day of Christmas, but it is the first day of the week-long Secret Santa gift exchange! :-)Amazingly, I was able to pick out good gifts for Gwen and make her a beautiful card, which I secretively stuck in her locker this morning. The card was made of red construction paper, silver and gold glitter, and Christmas stickers Sunny picked up at Michael's a few days ago. I have a good feeling she liked it!

As for my Secret Santa, I'm pretty sure it's Elizabeth. After all, I could easily see her curly handwriting, even though she was trying desperately to disguise it. The card she made me was really pretty, pink with silver snowflakes painted on the front, and the words "Let It Snow!" seemed to dance across the paper. Even though Elizabeth and I have only known we're twins for a week or so, we seem to know each other like the backs of our hands!

Since the holiday season is well upon us, I have decided to post Noelle's Christmas portrait below:

More updates on the Secret Santa soon!

Cali***

Secret Santa- Part 2

Yesterday, before we left school, Senora Montoya stopped us at the door to pick our person for the Secret Santa gift exchange out of a hat. I reached my hand in the Santa hat and pulled out a slip of paper : GWEN THOMPSON. Okay, I was thinking, I know Gwen pretty well. And I do. But as soon as I started thinking about what to get her for each day my mind drew a blank. Gwen and I have talked and we hang out a lot on weekends, but, well, we aren't as close as I am with Elizabeth or Noelle or Jane or even Madi. I needed help...but from who? We aren't allowed to share our person with anyone (even though I have a good idea who Elizabeth has!). So I've decided to be extra friendly to Gwen over this weekend and make sure I have enough information to be the best Secret Santa possible! Tonight I've scheduled a study session with Gwen in my dorm. Hopefully, I'll be able to get to know Gwen a little better. :-) Bye!!!

Cali***

Secret Santa

Hi, everyone, it's me, Cali! I am nearly jumping with joy at this moment because...

our school is doing a "Secret Santa" gift exchange! Tomorrow we'll be drawing names. You have to get little, inexpensive gifts for whoever you draw. Anyways, each day you have to stick a different type of gift in that person's locker, but you can't give any clues to who you may be.

*On Monday you must give your person a homemade Christmas card.

*On Tuesday you must give your person a holiday treat like a gingerbread cookie or a candy cane.

*On Wednesday you must give your person an inexpensive ornament.

*On Thursday you must give your person a little gift of your choice, under $5.

*On Friday, you must give your person a bit more expensive of a gift, such as a scarf or something like that.

I'm really excited to see who I draw. Since Elizabeth, my twin, is visiting us shell also be participating in the exchange. It's going to be so much fun! :-)

Cali***

PS- Happy December!