In anticipation of Christmas, there are many activities and events to enjoy. As was the theme of the rest of the year, many of the regularly scheduled events were canceled due to Covid culture. However, we were able to capture moments and make memories of the season.
We made art to go with our advent countdown: Riley made a Lego representation of the Christmas tree and the little kids all made Nativity pictures. Their attention to detail was great!
We attended community craft fairs: The best was the fair Thanksgiving, weekend which brought in the Christmas season, but we also enjoyed smaller venues with the good weather, the musical performances, and the inspirational and sometimes interesting crafter creations.
We decorated our windows with handmade snowflakes: The kids made wonderful snowflakes both with templates (like the Star Wars themed flakes) and freehand
There were Christmas parties like the one the youth group held: White Elephant parties were a hit--Connor literally took a ceramic white elephant--and were loads of fun for the boys who are mingling their way into new relationships as we recently changed churches right before the holidays
Nikolas and Hannah baked cookies for Santa: Hannah really wanted to leave cookies for Santa and Nikolas graciously offered to help her make some. He made the dough and let her press out and decorate the shapes. Nikolas tested his creativity in making a freehanded cut out of the Chick Fil A logo and he did a fabulous job! On a different day, I went to a ladies event where we decorated Christmas cookies and had an ornament exchange. After receiving some helpful tips on how to handle the tricky frosting, I was able to make some satisfying cookies to take home. :-)
And. there was the historic viewing of the Christmas Star--quiet the sight! It's just like God to give us an outstanding sign of hope after such a crazy year. He is above all things and is involved in all of the details #PTL
The spirit of Christmas was not lost in this house. The advent of the birth of our Savior was certainly a focal point of the season here. <3
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