'Twas the (Day and) Night Before Christmas

It was a little later than usual, but Trevor decorated the gingerbread house. This has been a long time tradition in our family, beginning when the kids were 3 and 7. It's much easier than it looks! The kits have premade icing, and we (meaning Robert) finally figured out the key to easy decorating is to that before assembling the house.



Holly and Trevor finished up last minute wrapping.



It's no surprise that my son does not know the purpose of an iron. I don't iron, and I don't sew. However, since I don't sew, I v-e-r-y infrequently have to iron. But I no longer own an ironing board, and I'm pretty proud of that fact.

Kristine's Idiot's guide to hemming.

After all that strenuous activity, Trevor settled in for PS. (Actually, he did do two hours of school work today. We've been off schedule this month.)

I'm not sure what's with the jacket. It's not that cold around here!

This looks disgusting, and it is. Front burner: chorizo for the Breakfast Burritos we had for an early dinner. Do you KNOW what this is made of? BLECH. Back burner: sauce for meatballs that we took for church gathering tonight--a jar of chili sauce and a jar of grape jelly.

I put frozen meatballs into the crockpot and covered them with the sauce.
They were a HUGE hit. :)

Robert arranging the cheese and crackers to take tonight.


We manage to plan a lot of our church activities around food. We had tables on both sides of the room, additional plates of food tucked underneath the tables, and guards (okay, Moms) on duty to make sure the kids didn't eat everything before the grown ups came through.



We stayed until the end. How CUTE is this little girl putting away one of the chairs?!



It was a great night, warm and a little drizzly...



and a lovely Christmas Eve.