Grace in small things, December 11, 2015

1. Ah, "Mumpho Elphie," you delightful Elf on a Shelf you...you've got the kids sharing cookies--cookies--with each other (among other good deeds), so that you can report back to Santa that they were nice...
2. We cleaned out unused/outgrown clothes and toys and books and stuffies from the upstairs kid space and have some room now for some new...it's so clean and organized up there...love it...
3. Snow, snow, snow and more snow, (8 inches today, up to 9 more expected in the next 24 hours) and this weekend includes snowboarding with my husband...yay...plus a visit to Santa and girl time with Sis and a date night...going to be a good (busy) weekend...
4. The craft at the library today was gingerbread men...Luke made such a cool, kind of cubist interpretation in blues and browns and whites...and Zo, she decided towards the end that what she really wanted was a gingerbread jellyfish and proceeded to add tentacles to her gingerbread head...am LOVING the creativity that girl is showing at craft time...
5. The kids have been telling Mumpho Elphie what they want for Christmas, but they won't share it with me...they tell me it's a secret...what's a Mom to do when it's present buying time lol? But today we wrote letters to Santa and I finally got a good inkling what they're wishing for for Christmas...
6. Christmas cards in the mail...love receiving them...

XOXO