Christmas Miscellaneous

This was the first snow (mid-December) that we had... not a lot, but enough to accumulate on the ground. Macey was fascinated by it! She pulled off her gloves and had to touch it. She was so excited to show me what she discovered.

Even though we didn't have "our tree" this year, we still had to hang our new ornaments up. Here's what we chose for the kids this year:

Sadie: LOVES going to the dentist and playing dentist--hope that trend continues!

Kinnick: LOVES all things superhero... too much sometimes. Batman and Spiderman are his favorites. Amazing how boys pick up on this stuff!

Macey: We still continue to call her our "sweet" girl. We get comments on others all the time about how sweet she is. She loves it when other adults pick her up (friends, family, strangers--it doesn't matter).

This year for gifts the kids helped me mix up a couple BIG batches of cocoa (recipe posted below--it's our favorite--we never buy cocoa anymore!) We made little goodie bags of cocoa and cookies for all their teachers at MOPS and at church. We also did bags for our small group.

We also helped with a Christmas party at Ms. Pearl's. It was at a local elementary school. We visited classrooms (with Santa) and passed out awesome treat bags--loaded with TONS of goodies. Sadie got to go with me for this while Kinnick and Macey hung out at the daycare.

For the party I volunteered to make cookies (not sure I thought that one through!) With some help from the kids we made about 230 cookies... sugar cookies with sprinkles, M&M cookies, and pb kiss cookies...