One Thing - 12/17/14

Silas had his Christmas program at preschool this morning. He did a great job!

One Thing - 12/16/14

Tuesdays are usually our rest days. Mike doesn't work and we don't do school. So, we always look forward to this day together. This morning we slept in until 8, got some rooms picked up, finished off Christmas cards, put together plates of cookies for our neighbors, and stayed in our pajamas until we decided to go to the Downtown Deli for lunch at noon.

As Lydia and I were walking to the van after lunch she said, "I liked my munch, Mommy. I liked my munch." I just love how this girl calls lunch "munch!"

Then we stopped by the post office to mail out our cards and headed home for naps/quiet times. Hopefully the rest of our day will be filled with delivering our plates of cookies, a little more cleaning, wrapping gifts, reading Christmas books and maybe watching a Christmas movie. We love our days together!

One Thing - 12/15/14

Lydia is beginning to like books on tape just like her brothers.

One Thing - 12/14/14

It was Christmas Program Morning at church!

One Thing - 12/13/14

I have joined the masses in this modern era and gotten a smartphone. We have held off to this point, but out of a desire to have easier ability to take photo/video Mike got me an iPhone. I am thankful already for the pictures and video of daily life that I have been able to take. 

One Thing 12/12/14

Mike and I had the pleasure of being the entertainment at our church's Christmas party. Mike sang and played guitar and I played piano. We did a mix of Christmas songs - a couple of traditional carols, a few arrangements of carols, and some newer songs mostly from Sovereign Grace Music. We had a lot of fun playing together. We hope everyone enjoyed listening!

We are thankful for the opportunity to serve EBC with this wonderful couple!

One Thing - 12/10/14

After picking up Silas from preschool today, the kids and I went to Shopko to find 3 things. Not a single one of them was to be found. Just then, Mike let me know that he wasn't going to be home for lunch today. So, I decided to take the kids to Target in Cambridge where I knew we could find what we needed. We had a great time! I think the spontaneous outing was just what all of us needed. We listened to some Go Fish Christmas music which led to questions about the Christmas-Easter connection, why we have Christmas trees, and what the song The Little Drummer Boy is about. The hoar frost on the trees was gorgeous! It made us feel like we were in a winter wonderland. And, we found just what we needed at Target (and more!). It was past lunchtime by the end of our shopping trip, so I gave the kids a couple of food choices and they unanimously picked Arby's. I'm thankful for these sweet ones today!