More Christmas Activities...

Well, it's been another busy week picking out activities to do from our Christmas jar! Wednesday of this week we had a "Christmas around the World" celebration at our Church. They highlight different countries each year that the Church has done some type of mission-work in - or had families in our Church visit for some reason. It was fun to look at all the pictures that were taken in other counties -- as one country was Guatemala -- a friend of ours did that station -- they brought their adopted daughter home the same month we brought Anne Marie home. Costa Rica was another country highlighted. Our adoption ministry helped the mission team gather items to take to the children of that country -- and it was wonderful to see faces of the children we helped. Santa also made a quick visit to Church on Wednesday to talk to all the kids about what REALLY makes Christmas special, and that Jesus is the real reason he comes around to visit them. It was sweet -- and each child was able to get their picture taken with Santa. We don't have pictures to post as they have not developed them yet, but trust me when I say that Anne Marie was giving Santa the evil eye in her picture -- and it will be FUNNY when we do get them -- I'll post it then!!

December 10th - We read the REAL story of Christmas & lit our nativity candle
December 11th - We had "Christmas-Tree-French-Toast" for dinner
December 12th - Church Christmas around the World celebration
December 13th - Visit to Grandma & Grandpa w/ special Christmas card
December 14th - Made Jesus a Birthday card
December 15th - Bought our Angle-Tree gift (no pictures - but we picked a boy- 8 years old -and bought him an outfit)
December 16th - Made a Christmas craft


Reading our story by our tree & lighting the nativity candle (With kitty Elizabeth looking on). We showed her Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus (She got the names a little "muddled" but she can point each one out)

Christmas Tree French Toast -- This was a fun dinner!! Anne Marie LOVED it!!

Visiting Grandma & Grandpa w/ our "special cards". Anne Marie is playing w/ Grandpa's glasses -- TOO funny!!


Anne Marie coloring Jesus a birthday card.

Anne Marie putting stickers on her snowflake & her snowman. We hung both of them in the front window of the living room! She's very proud of them. Every once-in-a-while she'll walk in there & say "Mommy, see" and point to the window!