Christmas activities on Base

The Airmen Committed to Excellence group on Base held a little Christmas party for kids on Base last night. You give a donation and then the kids go from table to table doing something Christmasy. The boys wrote a letter to Santa which an airmen kept. Apparently, Santa will even write them back. I got a short video of the boys writing their letters. You'll notice Isaac is having difficulty understanding when Christmas is actually going to get here. Anything we do surrounding Christmas just fakes him out!

We also got to make reindeer food (that you are supposed to spread on your lawn the night before Christmas?); decorated cookies (Isaac does NOT like red hots); and even got to see Santa, as you can see from this video.


There is not much to do at Christmas time in a country that does not celebrate Jesus' birth. However, we are making the most of it and truly appreciate activities like this to help make the holiday more festive!

Oh and speaking of Christmas here are some videos (Christmas cookies 1 and Christmas Cookies 2*) of our cookie decoration party the other day. In the morning, Veronica made cookies with the boys while Abigail and I were taking a nap. Each boy helped cut out cookies with a star cutter while the other watched Rio. Then in the afternoon, the boys each decorated a few of the cookies and then they put them in bags. We then loaded up our wagon (with the cookies Veronica decorated since they were less germy) and went around to our neighbors bringing cookies and a homemade Christmas card (shown below).

I got this idea from Angelica who was trying to teach her kids about giving to others. I thought it was a great idea, and the boys had tons of fun with it. (Except for fighting over who got to pull the wagon. But I digress.)

Also, the card above was our only Christmas Card this year. In an attempt to simplify my life, I did not send out cards for 2011. So don't think you were left out when your mailbox is found lacking! As I was preparing to order them from Snapfish JB said to me, "Do yo really want to address and stamp 100+ cards?" I wanted to but knew my time was better spent elsewhere.

So, enjoy this Merry Christmas wish from our family to your's!


*You'll notice Isaac talking about Sarahbee in this video. I have told the boys that after Christmas, we are going to start having Isaac go to Sarahbee's house once a week and Elijah go to William's on the same day. With Veronica leaving, this will be my chance to just run errands with one child thanks to this offer by my two friends. Isaac LOVES Peter and cannot WAIT for this, as you can tell! You'll also hear him reiterating the fact that while Jesus has a birthday, God, technically, does not. It's amazing to watch kids' minds work.