Family and Christmas

Christmas has come and gone...all rather suddenly.  For me, the latter half of 2015 passed so quickly...and yet also very slowly.  I think everyone has moments when everything seems to have all happened so recently, and the next moment time has flown and the past is so far away.  It is a bit of a wonder to me that time does not always feel like the same amount.  Why do you think God designed it this way instead?

In preparing for the holidays, it is always nice to have little hands to help.  Maybe these little hands aren't always actually very helpful, but they often add to the excitement and joy.  Here's a piece of our Christmas in 2015:

Making cookies and other sweet treats is an important part of any celebration, but maybe especially Christmas.  We enjoyed making sugar cookies with Moriah and answering her questions like, "why are candy canes sticky?"  Kids are great for drawing out creative (and very possibly not true) answers just for the fun of it.  

Getting ready for Christmas: making cookies!

Carefully observing Auntie Tirzah

There must be a true art to which way to twist the cookie cutter.

Wonderful soft pretzels made by the most talented Tirzah

Every good celebration is preceded with toe painting.

One of the great things about Christmas is that the personal mail is more numerous.
What can beat that?

Here is Elijah, taking a little while to understand Moriah's shouts of "Elijah, look over there!  Look at the camera, Elijah.  Smile!"

Whew!  Finally got him...but now Moriah's looking away.

Our Christmas breakfast table.

Ema demands for food! 

The following games got a little competitive.

Obviously not a trumpet player.  Cannot locate the mouth.

Ema the baby-whisperer.

Gideon thinks little of his pink hat.

Moriah admiring the nativity.

I would wish you all a Merry Christmas, but it's past that now...So Merry Mid-January!  :)