Christmas

Getting ready for dinner on Christmas Eve.

Fancy Dinner in the Dining room

Cheers!

Opening Christmas Eve present from Mommy

New jammies made by mommy!

Christmas Eve Service

Silent Night


Good Night!

Christmas Morning.

Christmas Break

We had tons of fun on Christmas Break! The kids and I put this puzzle together. It was our first big one (550 pieces) and the kids were so proud of it, I had to take a picture or two!

Noah lost his very first tooth!

And, of course, we made cookies!

Tadaah!

Thanksgiving

This year our home school group decided to change it up a bit and put on a Thanksgiving Show instead of a Christmas Pageant. I thought it went really well and the kids learned a ton about our country's history. This show incorporated two of the things I love about homeschooling. One, it provided an opportunity for kids ages 2 to 10 to work together and learn together. And two, we gave the older kids an opportunity to write a portion of the script and do what they wanted with it. Kate and her friend Thomas decided to be John and Priscilla Alden (historical pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower). They wrote and acted out a scene in the show together. I was really proud! Julia wanted to be one of the four narrators who read a portion from an "old" book. Although she only just turned 7 (2-3 years younger than the other narrators), I knew she would be up for the task. She did not disappoint! She did a great job and she looked so cute in that huge rocking chair! Noah was awesome and said all his lines at just the right time! Over all I think it
was a huge success!