We finally got around to decorating our Christmas cookies today. The natural vegetable dyes are not as vibrant and bold as the synthetic ones, but the boys and I don't mind. The decorating bottles I bought last year worked perfect for the boys and made it even more fun! The cookies we made are just a basic cookie recipe, but I used sprouted whole grain flour. They taste great!
Cameron really wanted to try to eat a cranberry out of the bag. Carson told him it would taste terrible, but he wanted to try it anyway. He ate it and smiled and convinced me and Carson that he liked it. Then he urged Carson to eat one. After Carson tried one, Cameron rolled over in laughter. I took a picture of each of their reactions. Sneaky 4 year old - sure have my hands full with this boy!
Mark and I took the boys last night to the Gaylord Texan. They have it decorated so beautifully. We had a lovely dinner and explored everywhere. They even had a life-sized gingerbread house decorated with candy and chocolate!
Sorry the pictures didn't come out too well.
Yesterday afternoon, I also took the boys to meet up with their good friends to watch a fun marionette variety Christmas show. I was thrilled to spend some time chatting with their mom, my sweet friend Jen.
The boys and I just finished making snowglobes. Fun! We used pimento jars, glitter and plastic animals we already had. Here is a great trick I learned online: put 1 tsp of corn syrup into the water. It makes the glitter fall slower.
I took the boys skating today with Santa Claus. Cameron followed him all over the rink and loved doing the limbo with him. (That is Carson in the background as a blur speeding under the limbo pole)
Yesterday the boys were each inspired to write a book about animals. We stopped all 'school' and just did this. I figured it covered almost all subjects and then some. I LOVE homeschooling!
My good friend's daughter just turned 8 years old. We had a wonderful time celebrating with them and all of their friends last night. One of my favorite evenings this year! Thanks Sree!
The boys and I just got home from another fun Christmas party. It was a bunch of home school friends and the children did a fun ornament exchange. The kids ranged in age from baby to teenager. Great group of people.
Heading out to meet Mark in downtown for a Christmas party. I love this time of year!
Our advent calendar today was make gingerbread men cookies! They sure do smell yummy!
The boys decided that they wanted to make yule logs. I went outside and found a small log and split it in half with a screwdriver and hammer. Then they hot glue gunned anything that they could get their hands on.
