Advent day 15: It's time for some Christmas cookie fun in the kitchen. Put on your aprons and let's have a sprinkle fight (just kidding). Not that it made any difference on the outcome of the floor.
Advent day 16: Do you ever wonder what the shepherd's lives were like? Tonight we'll read about the shepherd's in the bible and eat some foods that they may have eaten in their day. (totally made up the meal thing...umm they probably had hummus, almonds, chicken skewers and dried apricots right? who's with me?)
Didn't you know that My Little Pony's were present at the birth of Jesus? Ava figured the shepherds needed some way to get around. We asked them a bunch of questions about shepherds which led to a discussion of Jesus being our shepherd. I think Ava really understood which made this mama's heart so happy.
Advent day 17: It's chocolate lollipop day! Tonight we'll make some chocolate lollipops and share some with our friends. (I bought these after Christmas a few years ago for a dollar and they've always been a huge hit. This year I melted a ghiradelli's peppermint bark bar and it was so good!)
We always start birthdays with presents in bed.
Ian was all about the pirates this year so we threw a pirate party. This is a four layer german chocolate cake that finally came together after fighting me for two hours. Loved the end result though!
I used black candles coming our horizontally like cannons and they smoked after blowing them out!
Pirate party time!
Meeting Captain Hook after the show. I think Ian's a little worried about that hook.
I wasn't sure how he would do since he's never been to a movie or any kind of show but he was riveted for the whole two hours. He talked about it all the way home. There will definitely be some more children's theater in our future.
One more week until Christmas!
You are absolutely amazing! I wish I could have been there to cheer you on, experience the theatre with the kids, and then made booming noises when he blew out the candles. Love you!
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