Christmas scenes

Here are a few Christmas scenes from our family from the past week:

I did some baking last weekend and Elizabeth helped. She's getting really good at stirring - and even better at telling us how good she is at stirring! :) She especially likes to help with the clean-up - at least if it means licking the spoons:



We also went to Elizabeth's class this week to watch their Christmas program. The kids wore some cute hats, the class sang a few songs together, and then we all had some snacks.





Granddad and Granny Pat came to watch, and they were rewarded by actually getting to see Elizabeth sing this time - unlike the last time they came to watch her.

We also continued our Christmas tradition of making graham cracker houses this week:





Elizabeth also decided at the last minute that in addition to a "pink spotted elephant" she had one more request for Santa - a "pink ball you can bounce on that has a handle". She even insisted on writing Santa a letter so she could make sure he got the request.



I wrote the letters in pencil then she traced over them, because she insisted in doing it all by herself (another common theme in our household these days). She also drew a picture of the bouncy ball and had Daddy draw a picture of the elephant for her.

There's only one problem - those jumping balls are a seasonal item and I couldn't find a store in town that had them in stock. Plus, I was too cheap to pay the exorbitant shipping prices that every store was charging to ensure it got here by Christmas at this late date. So, I cheated - I ordered one online and Santa is going to write her a letter explaining that it will be a few days late. This Santa stuff is hard work!

Hope you are all enjoying the Christmas season as much as we are!