Christmas music recital; Charis with Michelle, our teacher Taking piano lessons these days: Charis, Kenna, Lucan Violin: Charis |
Roll-out cookie dough! I have lots of eager helpers! |
Decorating frenzy begins... |
...along with a lot of tasting. |
Yay! Sugar!! |
One Sunday morning the girls discovered they were matching by accident! |
Caroling at the nursing home with our church family |
Christmas morning...stockings are hung by the fire with care. |
Breakfast before church...homemade cinnamon rolls with scrambled eggs and sausage. We put candles in the rolls and sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus. |
Verity and I say, "Merry Christmas!" |
Advent Book...we read this after we got Rhema down for her nap. (We only did stockings before church; everything else waited until the afternoon.) |
Star Wars blankets and buddies! |
Charis did a couple of special handmade gifts this year, including these darling Minion mittens... |
...AND this AMAZING blanket for Verity!! |
Christmas Dinner! Kids helped a lot with the side dishes: Kenna made mac'n'cheese; Tobin put together the cheesy potato casserole. Ham and squash bake completed our meal. |