Merry Christmas to All! A Catch Up Post

After Benjamin’s birthday and piano playing we took a few days of just living with no big plans, well, I attended the annual Ladies’ Christmas Tea hosted by my Pastor’s Wife.

On Thursday we had a precious time with The Brussels Sprouts. I am so thankful for blogging friends that have become real life friends, y’all are real people out there!

When we make gingerbread creations every year it often gets challenging to decide upon the next building challenge. And I use the word challenge lightly as we do not make professional or even beginner creations, we are somewhere about doggie paddling level, but we have fun and it is a tradition.

This year I came up with the idea of gingerbread nativity scenes.

First the Mommies built the stables, it was a peaceful, relaxing activity after we shooed all the Blessings away to play.

While the stables set we fed the masses lunch and then we set them loose to decorate the stables and the cut out gingerbread pieces that were brought to add.

 

Mommies working and to keep it real I even added a somewhat blurry picture with my eyes closed.

A young Brussels Sprout lad enjoying cleaning his fingers! This little guy and my Benjamin are about a week apart and play so well together, such a blessing.

If you want to see some better picture of our gingerbread nativity creations you can look here. 

 

The same evening we let the kids open their presents from Poppa and Nana. Benjamin loved ripping into that bag, he got new monkey pajamas!

Judith got a couple of things that were her favorite color.

Friday:

Dad was moose hunting, no moose, while the Blessings and I prepared the house and some food for Christmas Eve dinner with friends.

Benjamin and I peeling sweet potatoes.

He loves to help, if only we could harness that energy, I might accomplish more each day.

When December 25th falls on Sunday we just get up on Christmas Eve and treat that morning as present opening time.

Benjamin was our resident present opening helper. He likes to help.

 

Levi got a surprise that Daddy brought back from the lower 48.

Elisabeth opening gifts.

Judith

Judith helping Benjamin.

I found Benjamin a LEGO headlamp, which is super cute.

We had a visit from this sweet baby girl, she is so precious.

I missed not having the big Thanksgiving shindig we normally have so we went a little bigger on Christmas Eve and had a few people over.

Here we are today, Christmas Day is almost over. The pictures are now uploaded, we spent the morning at church as a family and lunch at a friend’s house and home to crash and then play a new game. Benjamin is now in bed and as soon as he is asleep I plan on finding my pjs and off to bed I will go.