December Happenings

I have been terrible about bringing my camera along for our family fun in December. I forgot it when we went to our yearly trip to the historic museum's Christmas frolic. I forgot it when we put up our Christmas decorations. I didn't bring it with me when we went to breakfast with Santa. It's been a bad month for memories via pictures! Ha! I do have these pics though...

We are doing a family curriculum called My Father's World. This is our second year to do it. This year we are marching through the Old Testament. Right now we are in the middle of the dessert with the Israelites. One of our activities was to get up in the morning and bring in the "mana." The kids got a huge kick out of it and it was a successful lesson to them.

If you've been reading my blog for long you know that we do a buddy system with the bigger kids being paired up with the little kids. Our first real buddy team is Lulu and Mia. They have such a sweet bond. Here they are watching Saturday morning TV together. Such a precious memory.

These are fruit candy canes. I saw them on a friends facebook and decided to make them for the kids. They loved them and they were really tasty. Just strawberries and bananas sliced and place in the shape of a cane.

An up close shot of it. I didn't really take too much time getting it done because I had 5 eager children ready for snack. You could make them as fancy and perfect as you wanted.

Another project we did was to make the tabernacle. Manly did this with the kids. It turned out great and the kids were really proud of it. Now they have it in the playroom for the Barbie Dolls, err priests. Ha!

I also forgot to take pictures of my sweet littles singing at our Christmas MOPS party. Here they are afterwards in front of our living room tree.

If you've ever been around Mia you know that she's oddly quiet for a 1.5 year old. However, get that girl warmed up and the fun never stops. Here are a few outtakes of the picture above. That girl is a ball of fire! Ha!

Ever year we take the kids to a great event at a nearby church called Bethlehem Revisited. It's a mock up of the city of Bethlehem complete with live animals and fully garbed characters. It's such a fun time for our family and the kids ask to go each year. Here are a few pics from that...

The kids loving a goat with some shepherds.

Sorry it's not very straight. It was really dark and I couldn't tell what I was taking a picture of until it took and the flash came on.

 

The girls with the fish seller. Yes, that's a real fish. I thought Addi was going to throw up! She didn't like the smell or sight of it! You can kind of tell in this picture. One of the fun things about Bethlehem Revisited is that they give you coins when you come in to spend in the town. Addi bought her head wrap and KK got the little pot she has in her hand. There were lots of things and foods to choose from.

The kids loving on a donkey or horse or something big. Ha!

Bubby checking out the food table.

At the end you are taken out back to see the baby Jesus who has just been born. It's always a real baby and it's so heartwarming to see the kids respond to seeing it. Bubby really liked getting to see baby Jesus.

 

After the tour you get to go inside for cocoa and cookies. Here is Addi really enjoying her treats. I told her she looked like Aunt Jemimah. Ha! Love this blue eyed girl.