Friday, December 6, 2013

First Week of December/Advent

December 6 is already here.  In three short weeks, Christmas will be here!  We've begun the festivities with tree decorating and gingerbread houses.

Our dentist has a drawing every 6 months for a set of animals.  Jack has entered the drawing 3 times and always asks me if he won at random times.  Craig had a dental visit and was surprised to find that Jack won the drawing.  Jack was VERY excited.  He shared one of the smaller zebras with Kate and they've been great friends ever since.




Face-painting at Uncle Maddio's Family Night.  The kids LOVE this.





Mommy/Kate Matching Christmas Toes


One of my favorite things we have done this year is the Advent Jesse Tree.  We have gotten creative with it this year - well, for our first year of doing this.  We read the story each night and then the kids draw/color and "ornament" for their trees.  So far, we have covered Day 1 - Creation, Day 2 - Sin, 
Day 3 - Noah, Day 4 - Abraham, Day 5 - Isaac.  I let them decide on what they want to draw and they have been quite creative.  They have really enjoyed this and ask, "what story is next?".  I am excited they are excited about God and His wonderful story!



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