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We have continued to unwrap a Christmas book every night for our advent activity. The kiddos love counting down the days this way and of course having a surprise to open every night.
We are down to only 2 books now!
The kids met Santa at our church Christmas Party. Baby S met him with interest, but no tears. I think that is a first for our family.
We made Christmas cookies this week and the kids went with daddy to deliver them to our friends from church. Baby S is a stinker. Here he is caught in the act - trying to climb on the table for the zillionth time - and all floury from me trying to make cookies and pick him up off the table at the same time.
The kids favorite part of the cookie making process - adding the candies and sprinkles:
The neighborhood goodie that we gave out this year - bags of toffee and peppermint bark. I think white chocolate is yucky - does not deserve to be called chocolate in my opinion - and so instead of the traditional white chocolate layer I made milk and dark chocolate peppermint bark. It was delicious (to me at least). This "elving" tradition is so fun. We have wonderful neighbors and it is lovely to bring a goodie and have a little visit with each one.
Even though I dream of living in the country (or to be more precise, being able to afford a large piece of farmland), their are so many wonderful things about the big city. The free exhibits, nature centers, and museums are a big bonus. This year we went to the annual Christmas Electric Train exhibit at inside the Conservatory of our local nature center. It was fantastic and the kids loved it. They were captivated for about an hour.
And we also celebrated 2 birthdays -- big brother and big sister turned 3 and 5!
The morning of brother M's birthday we celebrated with waffles:
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