Christmas wreathes

Oh, I am so silly! I was going to post pictures of the wreathes we made for our friends, then realized that they will SEE them here before we deliver them. ha ha Carey! Fooled you!
Pictures to be posted after Saturday night....see you then :~))

Late night sugar consumption

Tuesday night Miss Carey, Owen and Jeffrey come over to bake and decorate sugar cookies. The kids did a great job and had fun. It was a loud and wild evening that lasted until 11 pm!

What fun!

stocking swap

I participated in a stocking swap this month where we each made a stocking for our partner, then filled it with goodies. This is the one I received. The stocking itself is just beautiful! Robynn must have spent hours on it! Then, it was filled to the brim with great stuff! This was a fun swap!

Is it Christmas yet?

They are ready, but......
I am starting to go a bit whack-o here. Finished up on the shopping ( or internet ordering--this is why they invented internet, isn't it?); need to mail out packages today, need to stop eating chex mix from friends; need to clean the house; need to make fudge so I can eat it; need to do laundry; need to bake bread; need to ...............................slow down.

This weekend at our house

My dad and Matt
James, aka: Naughty Body"
into the trees
a pretty oak tree behind our house
Grama and Grampa came to visit!!

We had a very nice time with my mom and dad this weekend. They arrived Thursday pm and we took them back to the airport yesterday. Unfortunately, they are now stuck in Memphis because of the ice and snow in Iowa and the Des Moines airport is closed. I hope they make it home soon. They should have quite a shock to their systems, as it was 82* here on Sunday, and 78* yesterday. I told them it was a good thing since otherwise they have to wait until next April to see temps this warm again! I called, and it is 25* there now. This weekend it was in the single digits. Somehow, I'm not missing that.

Home school craft party/cookie exchange

Our table, where the kids made Baby Jesus in his manger.

My mom and dad were here, and got to meet our friends and help. The kids thought my dad was really funny!
The Flanagan's very popular, "make it and eat it" table
Mrs. Kemple had glue AND glitter
The always lovely (always eating) Miss Helena
Mrs. Garret with some other lovely girls, making oyster shell Santas

We had a fun time, and came home with 6 1/2 dozen cookies and treats from the cookie exchange. Remember last year? We arrived in NC on the 6th; our truck unloaded the 7th, and we went to the craft/cookie party on the 8th. That was the first day we met the other home school families....the year has gone by quickly.

A visit from St. Nicholas

The shoes were lined up ever so neatly...
ER ornament for Marty--the ambulance lover
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots ornament for Theo--the rocker/socker
Amy specifically hoped for a nativity ornament, and was pleased
Sarah got another snow globe to add to her collection.

Pictures

Amy baked cookies all by herself for the first time. They were yummy! We took a plate over to our new neighbors, too.
Theo and Marty made themselves a nice bed of pine straw. James has taken it over now.