December Events...

We finally got our first snow for the winter and it came in with a blizzard. It's not much and will probably melt by Christmas but just seeing the temperatures cool down and an inch of snow on the ground just makes it feel that much more like the holidays. I do love snow!

Zoe didn't know what the white stuff was

So I brought some inside. Zoe didn't even want to touch it

But Charles showed her what to do...eat it of course! Now she wants to constantly open up the patio door to get some more

We braved the blizzard and attended Charles' preschool Christmas program yesterday night at Discoveries. He did so great at all the songs and made sure he was heard. We were so proud of him for being attentive and learning all the songs so well. Afterwards there were cookies and juice for all.

This past week the kids also put together their gingerbread house. Every year we buy one at the store and I loved the one we got this year. The house was completely pre-assembled. All that was left to do was the fun part...decorating it. There are just some things during the holidays that I need to press the easy button on and this was one of them.

Once I applied the icing I let the kids decorate to their hearts content. Charles and Aniela did a great job and Zoe of course ate all her candy instead of putting it on the house. I can't blame her...I would want to eat it too.

We also got a head start on our sugar cookies this week. I made the dough earlier in the week and yesterday we cut them out and baked them. Aniela was very hands on this year and while I was cleaning up the dishes she rolled out and pressed the cookies all on her own. We'll  throw them in the freezer so when it gets closer to Christmas Day we can decorate them.  We are ready and excited for the festivities to begin on Christmas eve.