Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Our Christmas Angel

Every year our pastor's wife writes a new Christmas play that every child, age 2 through high schooler, participates in. She chooses a theme--this year Prairie Store--to accompany the nativity story and picks new carols to expand the children's knowledge. Alice can sing most of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Hark the Herald", "Happy Birthday Jesus", "I Wonder as I Wander",  "Silent Night", "Though Who Was Rich Beyond All Splendor" and "Joy to the World".
walking in to our church
opening song "Happy Birthday Jesus"
singing "Hark the Herald"
Our sweet angel did a great job in the Christmas play!!

Monday, December 10, 2012

Three Wise Women (funny!)

Three Wise Women would have. . .

Asked directions,
Arrived on time,
Helped deliver the baby,
Cleaned the stable,
Made a casserole, 
Brought practical gifts and
There would be
Peace on Earth.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

7 years, 29 months and 9 months

The end of November was a busy time for our family. 


November 22: We stayed and celebrated Thanksgiving in Maryland with the Macdonald family.

November 26: Mark and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary with a relaxing dinner together.

November 27: Alice turned 29 months old. That brings lots of singing of Christmas carols, dressing up as an angel, pretend and real cooking, and a hilarious comment to our babysitter who was singing her good night song, "Let's just talk about it" because she didn't like the singing.

November 28: Sawyer turned 9 months old. He grew four teeth in one week last month. His doctor's visit showed that he grew 3 inches and 3 pounds from age 6 - 9 months. Sawyer weighs 21 pounds and is 30" long! He changes every day, except he always has a sweet smile. He's the speediest crawler I've ever seen, loves baby food fruits and veggies and crunchy toast or crackers but nothing in between--boiled sweet potato pieces, banana pieces, cottage cheese. We're working on "real" foods, but he really does like to eat. Sawyer pulls up to standing and babbles mama and dada. 

We're currently trying to buy a house and praying all the details come together for a move in December.