Homemade Christmas Gifts

I've been thinking back to last year and my quest to do as much "homemade" Christmas presents as possible. How does a "Cake (or cupcake) Carrier" sound? I'll be back tomorrow with an idea for that.

Fun Christmas Tunes

To help you get into the Christmas Spirit
Enjoy!

I'm HOOKED!

Give Thanks

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 100

We enjoyed worshiping through these words & promises last night.

I hope you are encouraged by them as well.

Give Thanks

I placed a glass jar on our kitchen table

filled with blank scrapbooking strips & sharpees.

We were to write things on the slips

whenever we thought of something we were thankful for.

Ben even invited our friend Sam to take part.


Today we will read them.

This is exactly how what they said.
(there are a few repeats
and also some where the boys are learning how to spell)

. . . . . . . . . .


my dog
I am veary thankful for my house
Becca, Ellie, Isaac, Holden, James, Kaleb, Sadie, Adreanna, Charlie, Alyssa, Mason, Steven
i i my hose
Miss Lazarchic & Mrs. Bouton
I am thankful for my family
My friends
My shelter
My food
My family
air
God
I love my bed.
I l my school
I am thankful for my siblings.
my sweet husband
our church
our healthy boys
My mom and Dad and Brother
I i my friends
I am thankful for my friend.
I am thankful for paper.
I am thankful for food.
I love my toys.
I love my clothes because they keep me warm.
I love my mom and dad.
I am thankful for my pets.

Happy Thanksgiving Friends!

Fall Fun

sigh

Each child in Ben's K class

gets to take home various books & newspapers

created by the children.

The newspapers are written throughout the week

during circle time.

This weekend it was Ben's turn

w/ one of the October Newspapers.

Jacob offered to help out tonight by reading it to Ben.

Imagine my heart

when I heard him read that first line in blue.

I didn't make a big deal

& they don't even know I took a picture.

I had to take it quickly though so I didn't get caught ~

I don't want him to ever stop playing with my hair!

(or ever stop asking us to rub his back

every night "as soft as we can")

so THANKFUL

Today is Thursday ~ all day long I've had so much on my mind that I am truly thankful for.

~ starting off w/ waking up in a warm cozy home

~ then a sweet husband who took the boys to school

~ then a job that is flexible enough that it's okay that we had a slow moving morning. therefore a little bit late. I did arrive before the sweet kiddos did though!

~ some sweet ladies to work with & precious kiddos to love on

~ 2 great teachers for our boys who really seem to "get" them. the boys love school this year and that's a blessing as well.

~ a wonderful church family ~ GBC feels like "home"

~ FALL I love this season (w/ the exception of the cold rainy days)

What are you thankful for?!