Now that vacation is done and I am back in the normal world I live in, I find myself surprised that Christmas is not so very far away! I feel like it's just kind of slipped in on me this year. After I considered the closeness of it, I determined that if I was going to follow through with a new Christmas tradition for The Poppa, The Grandbaby and me, I needed to get hopping so I purchased a gingerbread house kit.
I have always the best of intentions as a mama and always intended to make a gingerbread house with The Girl but just never did. I would love to be one of those mama homemakers that do all this fun stuff but the time just slips away. Ain't it funny how that happens?
A date was made for The Grandbaby to visit on this past Friday morning to construct this house. Imagine my delighted surprise when The Poppa opened the box and the gingerbread house was already constructed! It just needed to be decorated. Am I blessed or what? I could hardly contain my excitement at this unexpected wonder.
After The Grandbaby asked her popular question, "What we do-ning, Neema?", we got prepared. Protective covering for the table was in place packages of candies were opened, and the icing (already prepared, too!) was kneaded well. The decorating began and went like this:
Concentration...
The question after we were done was expected also. "Can it go to MY house?" I said that it certainly could and it decorates "her" kitchen table for the season. A success, I would say.
This past Sunday was also the Christmas program weekend at church. I was designated to sit on the pew and keep the angels quiet until their time to appear near the end. I enlisted the help of The Poppa for this as well. Sometimes angels just look like angels and don't act like angels. You know what I mean? All in all these angels were pretty good.
The program was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a well known play and I can say that our church kids have some kind of acting talent! I enjoyed watching these kids whom I'd see grow up from babies as they performed so well. They are good kids.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of my little angel along with her angel buddies. Yes, this little angel's mama has worn this angel robe or another just like it many times as a child. Take a look.
The fact that we use vintage angel robes pleases me. I hope they last a very much longer time.
The little angels........
Sweet Mary/Lucy....what an amazing job as Imogene Herdman....
Wanna put our fingers in our mouth? And keep them there for the rest of the time we are onstage? Sure, let's do it!
Boy, that is a scratchy halo. Angels can't be angelic all the time.
In fact, it might be fun to crawl around on the floor. Let's do it! And yes, that's my little angel crawling around onstage. Ahhh.....
I have always the best of intentions as a mama and always intended to make a gingerbread house with The Girl but just never did. I would love to be one of those mama homemakers that do all this fun stuff but the time just slips away. Ain't it funny how that happens?
A date was made for The Grandbaby to visit on this past Friday morning to construct this house. Imagine my delighted surprise when The Poppa opened the box and the gingerbread house was already constructed! It just needed to be decorated. Am I blessed or what? I could hardly contain my excitement at this unexpected wonder.
After The Grandbaby asked her popular question, "What we do-ning, Neema?", we got prepared. Protective covering for the table was in place packages of candies were opened, and the icing (already prepared, too!) was kneaded well. The decorating began and went like this:
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Concentration...
The question after we were done was expected also. "Can it go to MY house?" I said that it certainly could and it decorates "her" kitchen table for the season. A success, I would say.
This past Sunday was also the Christmas program weekend at church. I was designated to sit on the pew and keep the angels quiet until their time to appear near the end. I enlisted the help of The Poppa for this as well. Sometimes angels just look like angels and don't act like angels. You know what I mean? All in all these angels were pretty good.
The program was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a well known play and I can say that our church kids have some kind of acting talent! I enjoyed watching these kids whom I'd see grow up from babies as they performed so well. They are good kids.
I thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of my little angel along with her angel buddies. Yes, this little angel's mama has worn this angel robe or another just like it many times as a child. Take a look.
The fact that we use vintage angel robes pleases me. I hope they last a very much longer time.
This would be my little angel on the right with her a few days apart in age buddy.
Sweet Mary/Lucy....what an amazing job as Imogene Herdman....
Boy, that is a scratchy halo. Angels can't be angelic all the time.
In fact, it might be fun to crawl around on the floor. Let's do it! And yes, that's my little angel crawling around onstage. Ahhh.....
I need to check out this baby Jesus....
Even though this picture was a little fuzzy, I love it so much. It's exactly as we should be with Jesus...on our knees in awe, worship, and wonder. Well maybe, we could intersperse the awe, worship, and wonder with a giggle or two!
As Gladys Herdman would say, "Shazam!"
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