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"FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELLOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE." ISAIAH 9:6
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and the peace, joy, comfort, and hope of Jesus!
We had fun decorating gingerbread cookies earlier in the week. I bought the cookies at the grocery store so the only thing I had to do was make the icing. Hannah had a great time decorating the cookies, but had a better time eating them! I think next year we will try a gingerbread house too!
Whipped Cinnamon Honey Butter for all of the teachers at our church's Mother's Day Out program- we are so lucky to have such a great group of teachers- Hannah loves going to school and we feel so blessed to have such an exceptional group of ladies!
Gifts for the children in Hannah's class- Hannah loves her friends at school, and it is a cute little group!!
This is the first year that I have done gifts for groups, and for my first attempt, I'm pretty pleased with how everything turned out. The countdown is on... only a few more days left!
Hannah was a dancing present at her Christmas program. She did a great job and had so much fun wearing her box! Hannah loves her music teacher and loves going to music class. The two year olds danced in their "costumes" and were adorable! After her class was done, she sat so nicely while the other children sang. After each song she would say, "Oh Mommy, I love that song! One more song okay?" I am so proud of what a big girl you are Hannah!
The cutest present I've ever seen!
Last weekend we took the kids to look at Christmas lights. There is an area church that has an AMAZING lights display and you can walk or drive through. We bundled up the kids and headed out. Hannah had a great time and was so cute! Out of all of the beautiful lights on display, her favorite part was the duck pond! Ha! She is a funny duck!
Here is the Rover looking studly (and warm and cuddly) in his plaid.
A couple of weeks ago we had Mike's residency Christmas party. Hannah and David had a good time, and although Hannah wanted to wear her princess costume, she settled on her Santa dress since she got to wear "earrings". (the stick on kind- she loves them!)
Here is Hannah with her gift from Santa.
"What could it be?"
It's the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!! With cookies to share!
Hannah loves the If You Give A... books and when I saw that the series was the featured series at Kohls for the Kohls Cares For Kids I knew that this would be a hit with her! She loves "mouse" and carries him around and he has participated in lots of our holiday happenings!
So David has a little girlfriend at Mother's Day Out/ Sunday School. Miss B is just the cutest little girl who is a couple of months younger than David. He adores her, and I think she adores him just as much. He is so excited to see her, he crawls over to see her and throw his little arms around her to give her a "hug". They "play" with each other and I think it is just so sweet. Well, my little Rover decided to take it to the next level yesterday. Their sweet teacher informed me that he gave his little girlfriend a big wet kiss right on the mouth! She was changing one of the other little boys when she heard Miss B squealing, she turned around and David was planting one on her! Isn't that hilarious?!! I told David that while Miss B is a cutie, he better watch out or her Daddy will be after him! Is he a Rover or what?!
The Ladies Man just hanging out for pictures...
Getting a good picture for our Christmas card this year was a bit challenging. The family pics were a mix of David looking at his feet/random direction/turning around to see me, and Hannah squirming/crying/putting her fingers in her mouth, and Mike and I in various random poses trying to get the kids to hold still and look in the general direction of the camera. Trying to get the kids together or even alone was no better, the picture above about sums it up. Maybe next year I'll do the dogs in Santa hats... or reindeer ears...Oliver would make a pretty cute reindeer!
