4 months

Happy 4 months Caroline!!!! You are a true joy!!!

What to do...

What to do on a rainy day...
Build a homemade race track with a wrapping paper roll, tape and straws!

Food for thought

 Thought I would steer away from our advent for a few minutes and show some recent found yummy foods!

I accidentally got this at the store the other day.  I didn't look well enough to see that it is not the light kind.  But oh.my.life. this stuff delicious!  I let Blake have some today and he said, "it's ice cream yogurt?"  Yummy.  So if you are willing to spend 14g f fat and 39g of sugar per serving on yogurt, I highly recommend this :)


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This is another recent favorite find I have made.  It is seasoned rice vinegar.  I am not usually a huge vinegar person, but I do like vinagerettes.  So I thought I would try this on salads for a whole 5 calories per serving.  I love it.  It is very sweet and a good subititute for salald dressings!!

This sandwich I made last night and it is scrumptious!!!  It is from Cooking Light and so easy, so good and reheats well!!!

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mozzarella-chicken-sandwich-10000001185367/

Days 11 and 12

Day 11 Big Idea: Good News was announced about a baby who would be Savior!
Activity: Made our teacher's gifts.  We made vanilla brown sugar scrubs.  I found this on pinterest and it was so great for them to help with.  You can't mess it up!

Mix 2:1 Brown sugar and sugar

Add in Sunflower or Vegetable Oil and vanilla

Scoop into jars.  I found these at walmart for $2

Then I put on some scrapbook letters and ribbons.  We also gave them gift cards to our favorite place in Corsicana - 2 Doors Down!  It's a coffee shop.

Day 12: Big Idea: An angel surprised the shepherds
Acitivity: We went to the library to get Christmas books.  No pictures:)  And a word to the wise...go BEEFORE Dec 12...or all the good ones are gone!!! 

Day 9 and 10

Sorry to be a little behind!!!
Day 9:
Big Idea: Mary gave birth to Jesus in a stable.
Activity: Go to a live nativity.

It was pretty cold that night.  Luckily Caroline had a warm outfit thanks to our buddy Elizabeth Anderson.  When I put it on her she looked liked the kid from A Christmas Story.  "I can't put my arms down!"

In true little boy form, they were more excited about the soldier at the entrance to Bethlehem.  He did have a sword!

Daddy took our picture!

Day 10:

Big Idea: An angel surprised the shepherds.

Activity: We had to kind of "wing it" this day because we got to go to our cousin, John's, birthday party.  So daddy took them to get donuts!!!  Mommy got her hair done.  So that means no picture!!!

Day 8

Big Idea: That Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem to register.
Activity: Go look at Christmas lights!

These videos aren't great, but here is the boys getting loaded to go and the other one is of the lights in the park that we drove through. Good job Corsicana on good lights!!!

This is how CJ felt about the lights!!!

Day 7

Big Idea: God has promised that Bethlehem would be Christ's birth place.

Activity: We made ornaments to give to our friends and had hot cocoa! (sugar free!)
At this point we realize the pictures are looking a lot the same and this is really for the granparents (and Auntie!)!

It was funny to see personalities come shining through.  Owen could have done this for hours.  He was very focused and wanted to complete the task.  He actually did two by himself.  One little piece of paper at a time.

Blake however, literally put about 5 pieces of paper in one ornament and called it done.  However, he did finish his hot cocoa!!!