We had a great week. By that I mean the kids enjoyed every day of our Christmas activities.
Day 6- Our craft was cheap, easy and the kids liked it. Cake.
We just used the kits with the paper plate faces for a snowman, reindeer and Santa. Definitely works of art to behold.
Day 7- My SIL, Carrie, came over for a little while and we made these.
Too many of those got eaten by the wrong people (us), that's for sure!
In the evening, we had the girls dance recital.
One of the best parts about the recital was how excited they were to be in it. I could not get them to stop bouncing and running and jumping and squealing.
Happy girls.
They are in the same dance class so they had the same routine, same costume, etc.
They practiced their tap routine a little...
We just have video of their performance. I'm pretty sure it's one of those things only parents and grandparents can appreciate so we probably won't post it here, but I might...
Day 8- Someone doorbell ditched us Monday night (thank you!!!). The girls thought it was so fun that someone would do that, so they wanted to do the same thing for our secret service night. I don't think the person/people we did this for reads this blog so we're safe in our secret (I hope).
Jane, Hannah and even Claire were so funny as they jumped into our getaway van. They were laughing from the adrenaline rush, and the whole way home they were convinced the people were chasing us. I'd speed up a little and they'd laugh more. Totally worth it.
Day 9- We watched Grinch
Day 10- Ward Christmas Party.
I was very impressed with what they did for the party last night. The night was a Journey to Bethlehem. We took tours in small groups and witnessed the story of Christ's birth as told one at a time, room by room by a scholar, angels, three wise men (Dan was one), shepherds, Kind Herod, and an innkeeper. The final stop was the stable where we stood to "honor and worship" the baby Jesus. It was really special. The kids loved it, and they got to take a little figurine from each room to create their own little nativity with. Then we ate on the floor and had chicken salad in pita and couscous.
All of these were taken on my phone and it was very dark in some of the rooms...
*****
Some of the books we read last week were:
Christmas Oranges (retold) by Linda Bethers
'Twas the Night Before Christmas by I can't remember who and the book has gone missing.
Bob and 6 More Christmas Stories by Sandra Boynton
There Was No Snow on Christmas Eve by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Room for a Little One by Martin Waddell (my favorite)
I love Christmas!