Christmas Activities 2010

Here are just a few of the activites and traditions we've experienced this month...

- Reading our Advent Book (Jotham's Journey) and lighting advent candles each night.

- Watching LOTS of Christmas Movies.  (New children had seen remarkably few!)

- Decorated the tree all together, as a family.

 
 
 - Created a new Christmas Mix CD (I made one in 2005 that we LOVE, and now we have 2 to choose from with a great mix of holiday music), and printed on it with Lightscribe.  (And played it often!)

 

- Decorated cookies with friends.

 

- Attended the local Foster and Adoption Christmas Party

- Decorated Giant Gingerbread Men

 

- Made Christmas Cookies and Candy (Almond Roca Cookies, Rocky Road, Cathedral Windows)

- Delivered Christmas treats to our neighbors.

 

- Took a Christmas Jammie Ride (with cocoa and cookies and christmas lights).

 
 
 
 
(Molly got carsick and we had to pull over a while, and head home earlier than expected.  Note to self: dramamine next year.)

- Attended a Christmas program at a local church.

- Bought the children new ornaments (we do every year.)  After not finding anything I liked for a reasonable price for our new children, I came across these cute keys, and thought they'd be just perfect for their first year in their forever home!

Gideon and Molly's ornaments:

 
Sam and Hallie's ornaments:

 
- Digital Christmas Card (up on the blog tomorrow) and annual Christmas letter (didn't get those out until this week!)

- Peppermint Mochas and Caramel Brulee Lattes.  :)

- Little People Nativity Set (with Shepherds set, and a new addition this year of the Inn at Bethlehem.)

- And of course, our yearly tradition of matching Christmas Jammies.  (I make the pants, which are easy, and buy t-shirts.  I got lucky at JoAnn's this year with $1.29 a yard flannel.  I bought 2 full bolts, one for this year (blue with snowmen and snowflakes) and one for next year (lime green with light blue and white snowflakes).

 
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!

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Comments

[Marty]

We are also reading Jotham's Journey this year. We've read all 3 books in the series and are starting over. They are an awesome Christmas read.

[Dawn]

I love the ornaments for the new kids. That is perfect!! I did not know that fisher price had come out with a new part to the nativity. I wonder if I can still get it. Merry Christmas.
Blessings,
Dawn