What an amazing couple of days. The school kids kept me busy and I didn't get a chance to post what we did! On Monday, we read the book Gingerbread Baby by Jann Brett. We tried the gingerbread cookie recipe from her book Gingerbread Friends which we read on Tuesday. Anthony, Lillian and Tori helped me bake the cookies. AJ, Edison, and Bronwynn were busy playing in the daycare with Grace. A.J. and Bronwynn came to check our progress a few times, but didn't want to help. Then we went outside and had a blast sledding on the hill. A.J. giggled the whole way down and sometimes was too excited and wouldn't wait for a sled. He would just run down the hill!! Edison was very serious when going down with me, and very mad if one of the children took him down with them! The older 4 did a great job sharing the sleds and everyone got to try them all! After nap time, we decorated our cookies for snack, and to bring home to share with our families. The older 4 had a great time decorating, and forgot that I said they could eat one at snack. They ate two and then got the hang of decorating and saving them to bring home!! A.J. ate the icing all on its own. And Eddie only ate his candies! Then it was back to the hill to burn off energy before parents picked up.
Tuesday, we did some painting (and a lot of free art both days). We went sledding again, and Oden and Freya came for a visit. We walked out to the barn to see the 2 little calves both only a few days old. Then inside for Dominoe's pizza (thanks Tori and family) and cupcakes and cookies (thanks AJ and Bronwynn and families). In the afternoon we ventured out again with spray bottles to paint the snow. We got awfully wet, and came in except for Tori and Anthony who were busy making camoflauge snow!
Hope you all are able to get some time off work and enjoy making memories with your children!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
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