American Girl Store Boston

Today we headed down to Natick Ma. To the American Girl store and Bistro. Michaela, Jessica, Kiara, Harmony and Mom were joined by Aunt Cheryl and Suzanne! Oh it was so much fun! It was a blast to see all the American girls, outfits and furniture. The girls did crafts, a scavenger hunt and then had a celebration in the dining room! The girls were given little chairs that hooked on the table for their dolls complete with cups of water for their dolls at the dinner table. Their goodie bags had shirts, crowns, a balloon, stickers, mini shopping bags for their dolls. The store was a pink paradise....oh what a fun day!

The Heart of a Child

So many things seem to amaze me any more in our daily life. We see God's hand of provision on every front and feel his many prompts to do what he is calling us to do...

Our son Jason is one of those amazing people that has an incredible heart for the orphan...those that are truly the least of these. The totally amazing part is that he was once an orphan....he is stepping out in prayer and is amazingly with his words to The Lord on behalf of the orphan. He was just given a belated Christmas gift and turned around and wants to give it all away to a family we know who is raising funds to adopt overseas...without concern or thought for himself he never even hesitated and is even concerned as to why he can't give more. At 12 he has incredible insight to what is really important in the world...he is amazing and a blessing in our lives. We love him very much!

SNOW

We had our first real snow today...there is excitement in the air with people and critters alike! Although the white stuff isn't falling right now the radar shows a bit more on the way!

Gingerbread Houses and Boys and girls

Yesterday we made our Annual Gingerbread House for the Season! The biggest challenge?? Keeping the littles from eating the candy or sucking on it and trying to use it on our house! It still was a lot of fun!

Today we made gingerbread boys and girls! Very creative ...take a look!

Kiara's First Tea

Putting on a sparkly dress and getting all dressed up to go to a tea to raise money for friends who are going to Haiti. Kiara and mom went out on Friday night for tea and yummy snacks and sandwiches. The little girls had a table all their own with pint size tea cups...it was sweet to see them all around the table smiling, drinking tea, and having fun together.

Some family Christmas fun!

All was clear and bright last night as we celebrated an early Christmas with Aunt Suzy and Oma. A fun dinner, presents round the tree, family together chatting and sharing until then WAR BROKE OUT! Oma, Devon, Jason and Mom ran for cover and let them at it! They had a great time but eventually it got late and all of our little soldiers were getting tired and went off to bed after their battle! Sleep tight...

Tea party

Kiara and Mom had some time for a tea party and Harmony joined them when she got home. Fun girl stuff!