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St. Nicholas' feast day means it's time to break out the Santa hats & add our newly received Christmas ornaments to the Jesse Tree.
We had a rather crafty urge this season & made a lot of gifts. Teresa had a wild spark of imagination & decided she needed to make Rebecca an umbrella! Plastic plate, nozzle from a long-reach watering can, long lost material from the fabric bag, & random scraps of leftover fleece... VOILA! Didn't last too long but adorable nonetheless.
Andrew with one of the blankets he made for his cousin.
Teresa with a blanket the girls made for their cousin. We tried "braiding" instead of tying the ends this time... lot more cutting but more stable. I think it looks cute, too! (And, yes, that is a necessary set of quotation marks, Staci, since it just looks like a braid but really wasn't. ;) )
I remarked one morning to the little girls that it was snowing outside as I was walking back to my room. When I returned just a minute later, I found Sarah had dressed herself up like this & Teresa singing, "Let it snow! Let it snow! Can't hold it back anymore...."
Our annual parish pancake feed with a visit from the Clauses was a hit as usual. Their requests? Teresa asked for a Snap & Style doll, Rebecca a sewing kit, & Andrew a baby brother! Sarah just wanted another cup of chocolate milk to dribble all the way down her dress.
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