Christmas Happenin’s

Here’s a recap of some of the things that have been happening over Christmas.

(My view when I came around the corner during the day on Christmas Eve.)

The deer are still visiting. They found a honey hole. Those leaves that a little girl played in… the deer have found them and ate every last bit of them.

She stayed on the porch for a good while. She came back later and Ruby watched her. Ruby yelled a good rowdy “Hey!” and both Ruby and the deer got scared.

They all came back the next night and ate everything.

They also make pretty designs in the snow when they are grazing.

(if you squint hard enough, it looks like a snow flake.)

On to Christmas….

(Wooster’s French toast before going to work on Christmas morning.)

We continued the Advent Jesus Name ornaments. That’s not the official title, but that’s what we are going to go with. Starting on December first, each night the girls listened verse by verse the Christmas story out of Luke. They also listened to Wooster read the Christmas story from a little board book. When those two things were done, they got to uncover a number. Under the number, they either got to: hang an ornament with a different name of Jesus, get a little trinket or get a piece of candy. There, of course, are more ornaments to hang than anything else. The ornament has a different name that Jesus is called in the bible. Wooster will tell Ruby the significance of the name and why He was called it. She then gets to hang the ornament on the tree. We do twelve different names. On Christmas Eve, the last one, Messiah, is hung.

Christmas Eve, the girls got to open one present. They got some new pajamas (Ruby has her new ones on in the picture. Clara has on a pair from an aunt.), a small movie, a bag of popcorn. They got to “camp out” on the living room floor, eat the popcorn and watch the little movie.

Christmas morning Ruby got a new red sled, a hoppity ball and a stocking of treats. Clara got some new teethers and some rubber ducks for bath time. We also got a Kindle Fire, a children’s picture book about Wyoming and a new feeding tray for Clara’s seat, but those items didn’t come until two days later.

We also had homemade French toast with black berry butter/powdered sugar with warm butter syrup for breakfast. Wooster had to go to work but was back for lunch. One of the girl interns from Massachusetts ate lunch with us. The menu was: Tangy tomato brisket, hash brown casserole, black-eyed peas, sweet corn and buttered rosemary rolls. Dessert was homemade sweet potato pies.

There’s been a good bit of sledding being done.

(Action shot of Ruby sledding by)

(Ruby running behind Matthew and Clara in the sled)

(Matthew and Clara. Old barn/stable on the left. New stables on the right.)

(Matthew and Ruby sledding and about to run over Mama.)

Special thanks to everyone who took time to send things our way. The girls have enjoyed every single thing…even the wrapping paper.

At the end of the day, most of us look like this.

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!