We wish you a merry Christmas from Banja Luka

Foster was so excited for Christmas morning.  We had been visited by our Elf on the Shelf Jingles on December 1st and counted down the days until the BIG DAY!! On Christmas Eve he watched movies and could hardly sleep.  He hadn't asked for anything specific, but one night he was talking about airplanes and he started asking me the names of other countries. I said France and he responded, "Oh yes, I need a Croatia, Bosnian, American and French airplane." Luckily, he was happy with the Lego airplane that he got. 

Kai got a puppet theater, which he didn't know what to do with, except use it as a backdrop for their usual antics. But he really liked the accompanying puppets, so hoping that there will be some theater shows in our future. And Santa left the boys a sled. We keep hoping for some snow to try it out.

We had some of our friends over on Christmas day and the kids decorated gingerbread men and women.  The Serbs in Banja Luka won't celebrate Christmas for a few more weeks because they are on the Orthodox calendar, so it was a normal day in the city. On the 26th we finally started to see Christmas trees being sold around town. Luckily for Foster this means that the winter market in Banja Luka is open for a few more weeks. Out of all of the things we've done this holiday season, the bumper car ride at the market has impressed him the most.

A picture of Santa in front of our tree--gotta love the new fangled technology to help kids believe.

Random assortment of chocolate and food for Santa and the reindeers.

Foster didn't even want to eat breakfast. He wanted to stare at his new plane.  He finally agreed he would come to the table if we would put the box there and of course his side kick had to be there too.

We're ready for some snow!

Foster in his new Chef's costume making cookies.