"Away In A Manger..."

We received cute little gifts from our preschool teachers yesterday at the last day of school till 2008.  We got ornaments with the cutest pictures of our angels in them as well as some pictures of the kids dressed up for nativity scenes.  Mikayla was a proud girl shepherd (as she called it) and Delilah was a little upset that she wasn't Mary but still wore the wise man's crown well.

On another preschool note that was quite cute.... we were getting ready for our last day of preschool in 2007 when Mikayla mentioned how "so-and-so" isn't nice cause she says Don't Play With Me.  So I told Mikayla that it isn't nice to say that because it does hurt people's feelings and why doesn't she play with someone else if that person says that.  Mikayla sat there and thought for a moment and then said "I know who I will play with.... Delilah!  I like playing with Delilah!"  I would only hope she likes playing with her sister... but it was so touching to hear her love for her sister come out like that.

"Silent Night"

At MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), the 3's and 4's had been practicing a couple of songs to sing at our Christmas meeting.  So most of our meeting was done and we were just waiting on the lil' ones to come in.  I had my video camera ready to tape Mikayla and Delilah singing with the other kids (or at least standing there).  The door opens and the line of kids start winding through the room.  One kid yelled "Hi Mom!"  Next thing I knew, Mikayla and Delilah were looking for me.  Delilah found me and yelled Hi and waved and kept walking... Mikayla found me and ran over to me and started crying.  So for the next 8 minutes, she was attached to my leg and wouldn't go sing in the front with the other kids.  But Delilah walked right on up.  I couldn't get videotape of her singing for two reasons... 1) The lady "conducting" them was right in front of me so I would have just had her behind in most of the video and 2) Mikayla wasn't letting me move around easily to get a good video of Delilah.  Oh well, at least some of my friends got some pics.  

Ha Got Ya!!

So I have actually had two people comment on the blog titles! :-) I thought I was being clever. hee hee

This one is exempt from the December blog titling due to the nature of it. I just got the girls' class pics back. We didn't do any individual ones this year but did want the class pic so here it is...

"It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas..."

We went to our Mother's of Multiples holiday party and the girls had a blast making crafts, decorating cookies, eating, and hanging out with Santa.


After taking pictures, I all of a sudden realized... I look as big as I feel!!

"Here Comes Santa Claus..."

So we decided to brave the malls on a Friday morning - thinking it wouldn't be bad - but oh no... all the stay-at-home moms obviously thought the same thing!! :-) After waiting one hour in what looked like a short line, the girls finally got to see Santa and tell him Merry Christmas. Mikayla definitely has the innocence about her with Christmas now. It is so cute and makes me smile even when I am upset that they had been fighting all morning long. As we were leaving to go see Santa, Mikayla said, "Santa is going to bring me some new shoes for Christmas." Now, that sounds worse than it is - Mommy and Daddy do keep new and hole-less shoes on her feet. However, she has managed to finally destroy two of her Dollar Tree dress up shoes in the last three days. Both Delilah and she loves to wear their high heels around the house. Now with only one pair left, she is hoping Santa brings her more. :-) Delilah just is still in awe of all the decorations. But both understand that Christmas is Jesus' birthday but LOVE the factor of Santa Claus (probably due to all of the tv Christmas shows).

On a different note, we have 4 weeks left till D-Day!! After meeting with my doctor this past week, it sounds like I am second in line for surgery that day so most likely, it will be an 8 am appointment (meaning be at the hospital around 6:30 am). I get more definite information at my next appointment on the 17th of December!

"Oh Christmas Tree..."

Today I test-drove a recipe from The ADVENTure of Christmas. It is such a wonderful book if you don't have it!!! Anyway, the cake I made is called a Flaming Star Tree. It is an edible representation of why we put lights on our tree. For those who don't know, Martin Luther (from the 1500s) was overwhelmed by the awesome beauty of the stars twinkling in the blackness of night that he wanted to recreate God's creation in his living area. He chopped down a small fir tree and gathered up all the candles and carefully placed them on his tree. His children's eyes suddenly opened to the meaning of Psalm 19:1: "The heavens tell of the glory of God. The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship."


So I made this sample cake to see if would come out good... and it did. The girls loved it and of course, even Daddy was amazed by it. So I will be making another one for our MOPS meeting next week. The sugar cubes were dotted with a bit of peppermint extract and then lit on fire with a match.

While making this cake, our daughters were enjoying an enchanted Christmas as Belle!!