Christmas fun

It has been two weeks since our brown eyed boy turned four, and we STILL don't have pictures. I am sorry... I was so prepped and ready for his little party - I took my camera and got to the party and realized my camera batteries had totally died. But Brant showed up with his brand new nifty phone with a camera and took pictures... which a month later, are still stuck on the phone/camera and we have no idea how to get them off! :(

So my boys love hats, and the popular hat of the season is you guessed it....



One fun thing we have done this season that might become a tradition in our family is doing a "thank you box." A week or two before Thanksgiving I was wanting to do something with the boys to help them realize how much they have to be thankful for. As I was thinking and praying about it, I realized I wanted them to be more than just "thankful" - we wanted them to realize that all the good things in their lives - whether packages from friends or fun treats for snack or new library books - are all gifts from God. Caleb had just learned James 1:17 in his Cubbies book and so we wrapped a gift box and each night we all say a "gift" God has given us that we are thankful for. Brant writes them down and the boys fold them up and put them in the box.It's easy to carry over into Christmas as gifts are very much on the mind. Here's a picture of our little box... it's a bit well-loved. :) But it's been really fun to see them think of things they are thankful for and to see them learning to thank God for all His "gifts."