Tuesday

Breakfast: pumpkin bread, banana, milk (all ate very well) except Bryce

Lunch: pb and marsh (Lilly had spagettios), pears, cheese slices, yogurt drinks, milk (All ate very well except again Bryce and Jocelyn didn't eat much yet either)

It was a great morning! The kids were so good while I made my snack for mom-to-mom. Then we made handprint ornaments (will paint on Thursday) Lilly was mad that she couldn't "play" with the dough though. They colored a lot while I cooked.

Then we went downstairs and listened to and sang christmas music (Tristan was belting out jingle bells again!) We did a Christmas sticker craft and talked about the stickers and why we see them at Christmas (stockings, candycanes, angels, stars, etc.) I then got the little people nativity out and we talked about all the people/animals in it. I read The Christmas Star book and had the kids act out the story with the pieces "Tristan really got into it, it was so cute when he held up the angel and yelled "Glory to God in the Highest!"

We then sang happy birthday to Jesus and talked about his birthday being Christmas.

We picked up Bryce and had some lunch, the big kids are playing and I'm getting ready to put Lilly to sleep (she did fall asleep during lunch but perked up when I put her in the playroom)

Oh and Lilly and Landon were playing sleeping all morning (check out the pic of them snuggled with blankets) They even kissed once :-)

Next week we will do Gingerbread house decorating! I have 1 per family. I have a good bit of candy but was thinking for the wee ones (Lilly) maybe some marshmallows or mini m&m's would be good?? If you would like bring either over next week that would be good (I don't need a huge bag, just 1 or 2 of the tiny size.

The following week we will be doing more crafts (Jocelyn has invited us over for a craft/celebration on Tuesday) We will also be doing a birthday party for jesus (I have the cake and everything to make!)