Mommathon

Today was our church's Christmas Family Festival. First, we went and talked to Santa. Liam had a list for him which included two walking hands (it's a Halloween toy he saw in a catalog) and a truck. Colm was not happy about sitting with Santa, so we made it a family portrait instead of just the boys.

Then we had a yummy pancake breakfast provided by the K of C.

Then the boys made some crafts, like a sticker nativity scene, a Christmas button and a Christmas lace-up project. We also colored some Christmas coloring sheets.

They also had a cookie walk (both the boys won some cookies) and we decorated birthday cupcakes for Jesus' birthday.


A good time was had by all!

We finally went outside and played in the white stuff this afternoon after naps. The boys wanted to play in it this morning, but it was only 19 degrees outside, after naps it was 32 degrees so I figured we had better seize the moment. It was still cold though and it took us longer to get ready to go outside than we actually spent outside.

Sean has taught Liam how to play checkers and Liam loves it!

The box started its life as a box that had Discovery Toys in it. It then took on numerous other lives...

The box as an airplane...notice the propeller

The box as Santa's sleigh...with lots of toys in it

The box as a hang glider

This book was okay. It wasn't a page turner, but it was good enough that I wanted to finish it. The story was about a woman whose parents are divorced and how she comes to terms with their divorce and second marriages through her writing. She also ends up realizing that she is older, more mature and "not a kid anymore" when someone (I won't tell you who in case you read the book) ends up living with her (possibly) in the end.

I got brave today and decided to make homemade pretzels with the boys. They love the big, soft cinnamon-sugar pretzels they have at Sam's, so we decided to make our own and they turned out YUMMERS!

Mixing

Kneading

Rolling

Eating

The finished product