Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Vacation, Anyone?

It is the Monday before Christmas, and we are still "doing" school! Not that we are behind schedule...on the contrary, we started second semester in early December. With baby Nathaniel coming to stay with us in April we are focused on being done with the school year by then.
We've been baking up a storm of Christmas treats! The proof is in the messy kitchen:
Mark made a pan of fudge practically by himself:
We made 12 dozen of these peppermint shortbread cookies to give out:
Maya dipped all 144 of them in powdered sugar:
Sunday the children at church performed a few Christmas songs. Here is Maya, front and center of the 7-to-12-year-olds: Here is a short clip of one of their songs:


Then the 2-to-5-year-olds joined them on stage. Here's Mark in his little suit and tie:
Here's big Mark. He was teaching in the 3 and 4 year old class so he got to take a very special roll in the program...keeping the 3 and 4 year olds from acting up!
See the little cutie on the first row with a red sweater and glasses? Her name is Gracie and she is very fond of Marky. See him here checking her out...they are special friends! Here's a clip of one of Mark's songs:


Here's a quick clip of the whole group:
What a great group of kids!!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Sara. I just posted some more boring old text without pictures! Sheila usually uploads all of the pictures to her computer before I can. Besides, the pictures she posts usually are the ones I would post anyway. We really miss you guys and appreciate your friendship. You all are very special to us. May God richly bless you all this Christmas and the coming new year.

In Jesus' love,
Lee

Mama Self said...

What sweeties! Don't you love hearing children sing?

If I made my kiddos do school through the holidays, I'm afraid they would revolt! May your great effort pay off with lots of smiles when schools finished early! :)