Christmas Play

Caleb was a lamb and Madi was an angel in the Christmas play this year. They did so well! Madi really enjoyed the singing and the hand motions. The congregation seemed to really enjoy watching their performance.

St. Lucia Day

We celebrated St. Lucia day for the first time this year. Our little Lucia did a terrific job, and it was handy that we had her angel costume for the Christmas play. We decided on a paper crown, due to the hair-catching-on-fire hazard. It was my first try at homemade cinnamon rolls, which the kids were quite excited about.

Wedding

A family wedding meant lots of people for the kids' to play with. Caleb and Madi were polite during the ceremony, but they were mostly concerned about the food. Caleb repeatedly asked me, "Will there be snacks?" He was very relieved when it came time to eat the yummy food, and he kept sneaking to the punch bowl (non-alcoholic) when no one was looking.

Snow Day

Remarkably, it snowed again this year. It didn't really stick, but the kids found enough to make some snow balls and have a little snowball fight. Plus, we drove through the pouring snow on our way to see the Nutcracker, which seemed quite festive.

Madi's Birthday Again!

Madi squeezed in another birthday celebration with her GaGa Karen, Papa Ricky and Uncle Kevin during Thanksgiving.

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Renaissance People

We took the kids to a Renaissance Festival. Caleb wore his knight costume (unfortunately, someone stole his hood while we were there) and Madi wore her princess costume. Excepting the thievery, all was well until the kids decided to try out some of the rides. The first picture shows Caleb on the bungee trampoline which frieked him out! He immediately started crying to be let down. Madi requested the milder pony ride, but when the time came to saddle up, she frieked out as well. So, Caleb took over her pony ride, and this soothed his injured pride a little. Watching the jousting was a big hit as were the ice cream and chocolate covered bananas.

Madi Quote O' the Day

We were looking at a book with pictures of many different animals. Madi was trying to guess the name of each animal. She got most of them right, but two of her guesses were quite amusing.

Madi, pointing to a picture of an eagle "Is that an angry parrot?"
Next, pointing to a picture of a fox "Is that a warewolf?"

Caleb Quote O' the Day

"I think that Daddy works so much because the days are getting longer."