Busy About Christmas

We've been doing a lot, some with the camera and some without but this will be a photo-free post- mainly so I can be sure to get at least one post out before Christmas.

Here's a list of the highlights:

-Ice skating (twice with two different homeschool groups)

-Gingerbread houses (or more accurately, graham cracker houses)

-December visit to the nursing home (we've actually been 3 times this month- scouts, Kids Klub and our regular visit)

-Nathan had his first singing solo in the play Angels Aware. Sully's first show doing lights and sound.

-Cookie decorating party with our homeschool group (which has sadly decided to close)

-We saw this play

-We've been making some neat Christmas gifts... can't tell you what yet

-Nathan started flag football and Sully will start soon... it's the first sport for Nathan and the first for Sully in a long time

-Scout meetings

-Shopping (this is not a normal pastime for us but I usually enjoy doing some Christmas shopping)

-A visit to Santa

-And we just returned from walking through Bethlehem (of course this was one of the events sans camera). You may remember this Vacation Bible School. "Walk through Bethlehem" was similar to the marketplace. Nathan made a menorah, an oil lamp, a basket, learned Hebrew letters and was able to weave on a fancy loom. Sully disappeared only to be found in the kitchen, baking bread and flirting with the girls... not necessarily in that order.

Boy, it sure does seem like a busy month and Christmas is still a few days away. In addition to all the out of house highlights we've been busy cleaning, baking, and decorating at home. We, as usual, have pulled out our advent wreath and calendars... the chocolate calendars from Wally and Grandma Kate have become a much loved tradition... and this year we've been working on ornaments for a Jesse Tree. (I was going to add a link but I think I will do a separate post complete with photos- but I can't promise it up before Christmas)

We'll be doing some last minute prep over the next couple of days and hope to make it to one last outing before we are blessed with grandparents here.

If I don't make it back to post before Christmas, have a happy, safe and joyous holiday!!!

Merry Christmas to all!