Christmas Happenings around here

Well my Christmas crafts didn't go quite as planned but I still enjoyed making a few things this year as I had time and I have enjoyed doing our "Christmas Calendar" that I made. The children have enjoyed pulling a new tag out each day to see what we were going to do that day. I will admit to being very unorganized about it all, despite making a list in the beginning. Most mornings found me scrambling to write something on the tag and sometimes even trying to figure out what we were going to do that day. But all in all it has gone well.  Some of the things we have done are....

 
                                                       Make ornaments to feed the birds

 

Celebrate St. Nicholas Day by putting our shoes by the fireplace for treats

 

Make yummy sugar cookies

 

Make baking soda dough ornaments

                                                                 Make Christmas trees

 

 

 

Make Goody plates to share with our gas attendants, Dr.'s office and hospital staff

                      
                                   And make these cute animal pictures with little ones hand prints.

I was talking with the children today about how Christmas presents are a picture of God's Grace....we don't deserve them(as we usually haven't been good all year) but we give gifts out of love. Just as He gives Grace to us, free and unconditional. All we have to do is accept His free gift to us, with joy just as we accept gifts from our family.

Merry Christmas to you all and we pray that if you have never accepted the free gift of forgiveness and eternal life that is offered to you through the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, that this will be the year that you accept the reason for the season.