Nativity Scene

Our church asked families to make a Nativity Scene out of gingerbread. Well, this is mine. It is entirely made out of food, with a little help from a hot glue gun (to get everything to stand up and stay up).    I was lucky to find a cookie cutter set for the people and animals, but I did cut the manger myself. I made the gingerbread from scratch using a Southern Living's gingerbread recipe. Personally, I do not like gingerbread, so it did not taste that great to me (I think it's the molasses). I used crushed graham crackers for the dirt and dyed coconut for the hay.

Christmas Card - 2011

I made our Christmas card again this year.  I must have made about 15 different designs, but finally decided on this.  I even went back and forth on color photos, but decided the black and white looked best with the green and black.  Merry Christmas to All!

Checking out the Tree!

I love this picture of little Ian checking out the ornaments on the Christmas tree!

Avery - No more Top Braces

Avery got her top braces off this week. She was so excited. She does have a retainer now, and can't wait to get the bottom braces off, which will hopefully be in a couple of months.

Sterling's 6th Birthday Party

We celebrated Sterling's 6th birthday last weekend.  We always have the party a few weeks early since it falls so close to Christmas (his actual birthday is the 21st).

INDIVIDUAL S'MORES KITS - Excuse the crazy wire hangers--I should have taken those out for the picture!

The Cake!  He requested a BIG penguin cake.

Marshmallow Penguins - I did not make these, but stuck them on lollipop sticks.

MAKING S'MORES

This was one of the crafts.  Each child made an igloo.  This is very easy.  I used a styrofoam bowl and plate.  I went ahead and cut the "door" out.  Then they just stuck marshmallows on the bowl with frosting.

TREAT BOX

GOODIES!

Riding in the Rental Car

I was rear-ended in of all places, the car rider line at school!  It was not any major damage, but it was enough to need repair.  So, we had a rental car for 5 days.  The kids enjoyed the mini-van.  It was reallly nice to have the automatic sliding doors.  They even made up a song. . . "Riding in the rental car Ya ya ya!"  They would sing this as we were riding down the road.  :-)

Fleegle - The Elf

Fleegle, the elf, made his debut this year. Here are some of his latest hiding places. Sterling really has enjoyed looking for Fleegle every morning!  I will try to post more soon.

SWINGING FROM THE FAN!

FLEEGLE ATE OUR CANDY!

IN IAN'S HIGHCHAIR

Thanksgiving Day

We spent Thanksgiving Day at my parent's house.

STERLING LOOKS LIKE HE ATE SOMETHING GOOD!

Avery - School Musical

Just before Thanksgiving, the entire fourth grade held a a musical called "Dig It". Avery's class were dressed as skeletons. I helped with the skeleton costumes, the backdrop, and skeleton makeup for all 3 performances. I spent many hours tracing and cutting out bones!

Rocky the Rhino

Sterling brought home "Rocky" the rhino for a weekend.  We enjoyed the weekend with Rocky.  He even went to church with us.  This is a class project where everyone takes Rocky home and writes about it in a book.

Avery - Field Trip

Avery's class took a Field Trip to a local park / ranch. It was a park I didn't even know existed; however, it was very interesting with beautiful scenes and houses. And, the kids enjoyed the day and even learned something.