Now that we are in the full swing of Advent - having lit our 3rd candle yesterday - we've been doing some special things to celebrate the season. I took the kids to see a performance of the Nutcracker ballet. Also joining us was a family friend. The four of us had a lovely time although I'm not sure Will is too interested from here on out. He put up with it but he'll probably stay home with Dad from now on.
Most recently we went to spend the afternoon with a group of fellow homeschoolers at a local estate museum where we celebrated an old - fashioned Christmas. The kids rolled their own
beeswax candle and stuck cloves in apples rolled in cinnamon. They also made gingerbread cookies - yummy! To end the trip we assembled outside for some chestnuts roasting on an open fire and hot apple cider.
Of course we've set up our tree and all the Christmas decorations. After putting up with our live tree falling over the past two years and making a wet mess all over our hard wood floors, we purchased a fake one. I'm not thrilled about it but at least I don't have to water it and clean up after it.
We got together with another homeschool family last week for a "Christmas around the world". I taught the children some ways they celebrate Christmas in Mexican complete with a pinata and the other mom taught the kids about Christmas in India which included learning some Christmas words and eating some Indian treats!
beeswax candle and stuck cloves in apples rolled in cinnamon. They also made gingerbread cookies - yummy! To end the trip we assembled outside for some chestnuts roasting on an open fire and hot apple cider.
Of course we've set up our tree and all the Christmas decorations. After putting up with our live tree falling over the past two years and making a wet mess all over our hard wood floors, we purchased a fake one. I'm not thrilled about it but at least I don't have to water it and clean up after it.
We got together with another homeschool family last week for a "Christmas around the world". I taught the children some ways they celebrate Christmas in Mexican complete with a pinata and the other mom taught the kids about Christmas in India which included learning some Christmas words and eating some Indian treats! The bottom picture is of Zanna at her last gymnastics session. We'll resume in the new year but as you can see she's enjoying "hanging around"!
We've managed to make it through our first snow storm of the season where I spent most of my day driving around for no particular reason (don't ask!). And I'm already tired of trying to get Zanna in and out of the carseat with her winter jacket on. Is it spring yet?
Yesterday Will had his violin Christmas concert. He played "What Child is This" and "O, Little Town of Bethlehem" - the first to play of 13 students. He did a lovely job - I was very proud and made sure to video tape the performance for Daddy who had to work. Zanna was his biggest cheerleader, jumping up and down and giving him two thumbs up.
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