Almost Christmas Eve

Some pictures from our Christmas Eve. We decided to celebrate Christmas early this year since we won't be able to do the traditional Christmas stuff on real Christmas. Here we are making Orange Sweet Rolls for Christmas morning. The kids love to help me cook and most of the time I love to have them come be a part of it, even if its just dumping pre-measured things in to a bowl or stirring a little bit. Today they spread the flour around the table for me while we made the sweet rolls. I gave them their own little dough clumps to squish in their hands and they thought that was great. Matthew was very enthusiastic about spreading the flour out - and left a little pile of flour next to his chair.

When not helping me cook, the kids entertained themselves by jumping on a bunch of pop paper.

We did a lot of baking that day

We had a little family home evening program and then the kids each got to open a special present. They were super excited to use their finely honed ripping skills.

And here they are wearing their special New Years Eve presents.

We watched A Charlie Brown Christmas. I love the Vince Guaraldi music! Matthew got a little worried when Snoopy was skating crazy on the ice, but other than that he liked it. Anna kept pointing and saying, "Snoopy" the whole time.

And she did this with a peanut butter kiss cookie that we let her eat during the show.
Can life get better?