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| A very Merry Christmas to you and your family from us! (That's an ultrasound of baby Noah on the bottom right) |
"Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh..." well, no sleighs to ride in Georgia, but this time of year is a lot of fun for us, and as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the birth of our first son, we have a lot going on! I've discovered that one of the luxuries of having young children in conjunction with homeschooling is we can decide things like, "Hey, let's take the month of December 'off' of our normal school schedule and focus on preparing our hearts for Christmas and what it means to give!" So that is just what we have done. Aside from the normal playing outside in this unusually warm weather, reading some good books and pretending, we baked! I didn't really realize how much energy it takes to bake so many different things, but I did the best I could with the energy I have left being almost 40 weeks pregnant now.
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| Baking fun! |
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| Enjoying a marshmellow |
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| It's important to feed the bakers! |
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| Decorating time! |
We baked several different goodies, then we gave some to our neighbors and the rest we brought to a retirement home in East Atlanta (Branan Towers) for some of the residents to enjoy! The girls were a bit shy at the home, but they were definitely well received. :)
Christmas preparations have been the most fun. We have started a few new traditions and added a few more decorations.
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| Zoe's favorite ornament |
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| Cameron loves decorating the tree |
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| Our Christmas Tree |
The paper chain is something that I do with the girls in the morning. We have a little kid advent book that after each day we take off a link in the chain so that they can see the days getting closer to Christmas!
Some other things we've done this month...
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| Pretty Christmas dresses |
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| Mimi brought us to visit Santa |
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| This was our house |
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This is our house now! We had it painted
and replaced our door (removed shutters, but dad is
going to make some farmhouse shutters for us). |
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| Went to walk the labyrinth at Serenbe on a beautiful day |
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Painted a peg board which I had planned on turning into a
nativity star with Christmas lights, but I think it may
have to wait until next year. I don't have the energy to finish! |
