Making Ornaments

Working hard on a sunflower ornament for Papa & Bebe:

Mama's painting a Rudolph ornament:

Getting artsy:

I picked out this big one for Papa & Bebe:

And now learning how to play the Dreidel game:

Visiting Santa

We always love seeing our pal a few weeks before Christmas!

My brother is funny:

He even let us touch his beard:

Asking him what his favorite cookies are so we can be sure and leave them for him on Christmas Eve:

We Love Our School!

This is the path we take to get to school - so we get a little hike in every day and we love it!

And of course we love the swings on the playground:

Boy Scouts

Listening to instructions for how to make a lantern:

Pretty pleased with the final product - and it is beautiful all lit up!

Enjoying a Little Quiet Time with Bella

Journey Through Bethlehem

Tonight Papa and Bebe took us to a church to watch a re-enactment of Bethlehem on the night baby Jesus was born.  It was really cool and we were fascinated by the whole night!  We're excited to go again next year!

Making our own candles by dipping string in hot wax:

Our little candles - and yes we used them when we got home!

We also go to make our own ornaments using a mallet, a nail and pieces of tin:

Getting a little help from Mama:

And the last thing we did before we went on the tour of Bethlehem was make little clay figures:

Now to Decorate the Outside!

I even donned my elf hat:

Our little tree is looking pretty good:

I needed a lift to the higher branches:

Just a Swingin'

Having some fun on the swings after we got out of school for the day:

Making my incredible running jump onto the swing:

Having a swing battle:

One last thing before we go:

Christmas Prep

Now that we have our Christmas tree, we got the decorations out and that is always one of our favorite things to do!  I mean, do you see this awesome Christmas tree hat?  It even lights up!

I love getting the Nativity scene carefully set up:

And all the while, Bella did a lot of this:

Time to Cut Down our Christmas Tree!

Santa we're here!

Scanning the treeline for The One:

And here it is!

Discussing the best technique to cut it down:

While Harrison is doing actual work, I am poking him in the bottom.  I just couldn't resist:

Still working...and Cooper is nowhere to be found:

Oh there he is:

I ran myself right over to the bunnies to feed them:

And I jumped off the top of this haystack about 23 times:

And then I talked Mama into jumping down too:

It's harder for a bigger person, but she did okay.  And it was funny:

Let's get our tree home!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mommy's little kitchen helper - helping make the cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving:

Showing Papa how to make little Oreo turkeys for everyone:

Helping Bebe with hers because my hands are so tiny that it's easier for me to put the eyes on!

The finished product - aren't they cute?

Teaching Coop about warriors:

Oh the frustration Mama felt when trying to get a good picture of us - we were just too punchy for this:

I look a little crazed, but let's be honest - that is the norm most of the time: