Monday, December 07, 2009

Getting Into the Christmas Spirit

What a fun few days I've had getting ready for Christmas. Saturday evening we went with Jen and family up to Sugar Pine Camp for a Christmas party. We were among a hundred or so invited guests. There were activities for all ages . . . a Dixieland-type band playing Christmas carols; Christmas Bingo; Christmas cookies to be decorated; hayrides; ping-pong; a climbing wall which our grandsons loved; dinner; and a worship service around a big campfire. A whole lot of fun!

At church on Sunday the "Children's Christmas Program" truly made us smile. It was not your typical Christmas pageant, yet it did tell the Bible story (with a little embellishment) from the book of Luke that we all know and love this time of year. The program included great singing and acting from about fifty kids from ages three to sixteen. KL and JD had special parts in the program.

Adorable little cherubs . . . so much fun to watch them sing their hearts out!

JD is such a natural!

Here he's playing the guitar in the angel band!

And KL loves being on stage!

The little pre-schoolers came in at the end . . . Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, and even a little lamb.

Tonight Jen treated me and KL to our second Christmas Tea at Sierra Pines Church. What a fun tradition this has become.

After the tea, we each got to bring home, as a gift,
our pretty tea cup and saucer . . . isn't it pretty?


Three generations having fun together.

This time we scored on the raffle prizes.
Between us we won a door prize and five raffles!


All of these activities have really put me into the holiday spirit. Plus . . . I finished all my Christmas wrapping this afternoon as it began to snow!

This is the treasured birdhouse my grandson R made me nearly five years ago . . . I, along with cute little birds, have always loved it!

The snow came down for just a couple of hours, enough for a good dusting!

Life is good!

3 comments:

kalebsmum said...

Janice, loved see what you've been doing the last couple of days, I can see why it's put you in a Christmas mood!! We just got back from Great Wolf Lodge, pics soon!!

jennavar said...

Thanks again for capturing some great memories. I can't believe how KL is so much taller than us. What a fun tradition.

Aunt Patty said...

Love the three generations picture! So cute that KL is so much taller than both her mom and grandma, she might even end up as tall as my little granddaughter CV. Love seeing JD as an angel, he is a natural!! Lovely tea party, how fun! love that cup and saucer, and ALL the raffle prizes. Beautiful scene of white on your patio, looks like a winterwonderland. No wonder your in the Christmas with all these things going on!!