A Christmas-y type of day

Sunday, December 18th was a very Christmasey day! We did three very fun and festive things. Here's a quick recap. In the morning, the kids had their Sunday school program. It was short and informal, but they did sing a couple of songs, one with their little cherub choir. They did a great job. We also ate lunch at church before the concert.

After a quick trip home to change clothes, we headed down to the children's museum to make a gingerbread house. They had everything all set up for us, including giant bowls of every kind of candy imaginable. You could take whatever and how much you wanted. The kids are the perfect age for this. They were helpful without being annoying and they were creative in coming up with ways to decorate (Xander thought of the peppermint wreath on the front door and cocoa puff front walkway). They had a great time and we even had some extra minutes to spare to play in the museum, where we hadn't been since summer. After that we had dinner at Valentino's with the Niebuhr family, then it was on to a chartered bus ride to look at christmas lights around town. It was a nice ride and we saw some great displays. The kids were very tired when we got home around 8, but as Will proclaimed "This was the best day ever!" Totally worth all the money we spent!!