Tis the Season!

The Christmas season has kept us busy, but I'm pretty much on top of everything and glad I'm not running around last minute.  I'm looking forward to a quiet, relaxing, exciting Christmas!  Here's what we've been up to:

Tree trimming...

Baking...

...and homeschooling!

(That's Jake, dressed as an angel in the photo!)

Of course, we've been learning about the Christmas story.  And we've read Christmas books like "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "God Gave Us Christmas" and "The Night Before Christmas".  So fun!  I printed off this Nativity craft from Catholic Icing.  Jake and I colored it and put it together.  So simple!

Vacation Photos

Here's just a few of the 1500 photos I took at Disney!

A kiss for Minnie:

Donald:

Goofy and Goofy:

My studious little homeschooler on the Maharaja Jungle Trek:

Watching Fireworks:

Brotherly love:

Ohana:

Kitty!:

Stitch:

Peter Pan:

Minnie again:

Jake, so excited to be at the Lego store:

Epcot entrance:

It was a great trip!  Our hotel (The Contemporary) was awesome and the room was huge.  The Deluxe Dining Plan was a great deal, but we were never hungry!  The weather was wondeful and we didn't get sick.  The boys were so well behaved... they both napped and slept well too!  It was such a blessing to have such a perfect vacation.  Grateful.

Blog? What Blog?

Oh yeah... I DO keep a blog!  Well, usually ;)  Sorry y'all.  It's been MADNESS for the past month or so.  Our Disney vacation was AWESOME and Christmas chaos has ensued ever since.  I'll get back to posting on a regular basis in the new year... no promises until then!

Nevermind that!

Nicole (mamato3blessings) had her BEAUTIFUL baby boy on Tuesday, December 14th (my father-in-law's birthday)!  I'm SOOO excited for her!  She is now officially mama to 4 blessings.  AWESOME!

God Bless, Nicole!  You are one of the most amazing women I've ever met and one of the best moms I know!  I miss you soooo much!  Your family is beautiful!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and blessed Thanksgiving!  We begin our Disney vacation in just 3 days!!!  Love the hat, Mr. Turkey... love it!

Trunk or Treat

We had a blast at the annual Trunk-or-Treat at a local church.  Here are the pics.  If you are wondering why there aren't more of Jake, it's because we hardly saw him!  He had so much fun trunk-or-treating, running around the cemetery with his little friends and riding the hayride.  This was Sam's first time trunk-or-treating and he LOVED it! 

That last one?  Jake, Boba Fett and Jesus!

Homeschool Weekly Wrap-Up

We continue the EPCOT segment of our WDW unit, studying the countries of World Showcase.  This week, we learned about China, Germany and Italy.  Here are some photos:

Map Puzzle:

Stamping to make Chinese paper lanterns:

The Lanterns:

 

Hand print dragon:

Great seasonal math book with visual problems:

Grouping acorns:

Sam's first go at drawing.  Who needs paper?

Marker, marker everywhere!

Our flag collection is growing:

And of course, we've been reading our favorite Halloween stories:

One Month to Go!

Praise GOD!  Only a month 'til vacation!!!