I'm not helping the sugar intake any with these 'gingerbread' houses, I know. But it was so fun! We have been trying to ring in the Christmas season this year at the Needles. . . it is so great to have a neighbor to do fun activities with. We invited Rylee over to make these one afternoon and I was impressed with their creativity. Liesel unwrapped a mini-chocolate bar and put in in front for the doorstep. She made windows and doors. She put them on the foil and said they were rocks. And she stared at it for almost an hour to admire her handiwork. It was too cute.
Speaking of cute:
Micheal as Joseph and Hannah as Mary-- on her donkey heading to Bethlehem. I was later wondering what on earth I put that belt on her. She looks more like a Musketeer than Mary.
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| shepherds, wisemen/woman, Mary, Joseph & a ballerina angel (as per her request) |
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| Owen listening intently for the wiseman cue. |
This past Sunday, what started out as a plan to get Brian to watch The Scarlet Pimpernel, turned into a full-blown Christmas party. And I'm so happy it did. We invited the Mallory's and Allred's down (Penrods and us were already down here-- obviously) for a ham dinner. It was 45 minutes of complete chaos at first. Need proof? Look here:
These munchkins were full on screaming/laughing hysterically at their table. The adults didn't know whether to laugh or plug our ears. It was insane. But also really cute that they were having such a great time. It really does warm my heart to Liesel interacting and laughing. It makes her seem so grown up! What was so funny? I'm pretty sure they were saying _________ bo-bannah (like hannah bo-bannah, but filling it in with MONSTER bo-bannah! hahahahahaha!!! or bread bo-banah! hahahahha!)
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kids have a great sense of humor.
We managed to pull off acting out the Nativity. I read the scriptures in Luke 2 while the kids acted out the story. Sort of. Hannah screamed and threw baby Jesus on the ground, the shepherds wandered off and the angel made 2 entrances (but said her line!)-- It was seriously sweet to watch.
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| Our friends. Dang, it looks like a lot of kids in this photo. |
We switched over to Heidi's house, where Santa showed up (Ok-- it was B and his 'Ho! Ho! Ho!" was stellar). He left a Santa hat and presents. The adults did a white elephant gift exchange and sang Christmas carols.
But the best thing of all? It completely felt like Christmas.
5 comments:
Awesome! How fun! I love that you had the party early, too. And I love the smiles on the children's faces. Christmas time, indeed!
So adorable! How fun is that. I miss you.
I second the comment about what kids laugh about-- it always makes me laugh to see what kids laugh about in class. And it's usually along the same silly lines as a 3 yr old. Guess that makes life more happy though, right! ha.a
It's so neat to see how much Liesel loved making the 'graham house', Hanna playing Mary, the misty climb up SixShooter, and the fun parties with your friends and family. Thanks for sharing the photos and descriptions of your activities. Happy New Year!!
I'm finally reading this blog. How great that you had the kids do the manger scene. I love that Hannah was riding on a donkey!
SO FUN!! I love that you had a party in the Needles. Cute gingerbread houses -- way to go Hannah!
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