Night Time Fun...Wednesday night when John got home, we took the kids out to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and eat pizza. We had a great time and the movie kept the kids and the adults entertained...so I recommend it! The only downside is now Julia is walking around the house shaking her behind singing "Bow-chicka-wow-wow"! Oh great! But it is pretty funny!

Victory!...The Christmas cards are "officially" stuffed, stamped, and stacked. Going out in the mail tomorrow. That always feels good. Of course, based on the mail service right now, it will take approximately 2 weeks for anyone to receive their cards. Yikes! Just by the skin of my teeth before Christmas...

Ancient Marketplace...You should have seen the ancient marketplace that was set up at church today. For 4 weeks, the kids in Sunday school will be visiting a different merchant in the marketplace. Just as in the time of Jesus' birth, there is a census being taken and the time frame recreated. It was really cool. All of the Sunday school teacher's were even in costume and did a skit in the church service right before they released the kids for Sunday school. Today, Jacob's group went to the toy maker and made homemade dreidels. Jacob, Julia and I spent quite a bit of time this afternoon playing the dreidel game. I looked up the rules on the internet and we broke out the coin jar to use as tokens. Jacob is really looking forward to next week when his group goes to visit the perfume maker. There is a lesson to be learned with each merchant and will be culminated at the end of the 4 weeks. What a great idea!

Baby Huey's (x2)...Night before last I measured the kids height. I knew they had grown and several people had commented on how tall Julia was getting. Well, the results are in...since August 28 (only 3 months), Jacob has grown almost 3/4 inch and Julia has grown over 1 1/4 inch! Can you believe that!?!? No wonder they both eat like linebackers! They are going to catch up to me in no time if this keeps up!

First Snow...We woke up this morning to a beautiful snowfall. It's not Christmas yet but it sure feels like it.

Christmas Decorations...Christmas is officially in the air. John, Jacob and Julia went out last night to the local fire station and bought our Christmas tree. It has got to be one of the most perfectly shaped Christmas tree I have ever seen. After dinner, Jacob helped me hang the lights on the tree and then we all laughed at all the old ornaments as we decorated the tree. My favorites were the ornaments with pictures of the kids when they were littler. So cute!

Angel Party...I took the kids to an "Angel Party" at our church this morning. It was for kids 3-6 years. It was very cute. Fellowship hall was decorated to look like "heaven". We were having a party to celebrate Jesus' birthday. We had food, arts/crafts, and an angel choir sing with all activities geared around the birth of Baby Jesus a long time ago. They did a great job and the kids had a lot of fun. I think it is a great reminder at this time of year about what Christmas is REALLY about.