December wrap-up

December is always a fun and full month. The kids generally cannot wait until break, they're excited about Christmas, and there are lots of events. In between, we did a lot of hanging out. The weather turned much colder, though we got a bit of a reprieve here and there. 

The girls and I took a walk to the marina with hot chocolate to enjoy the sunset on these short December evenings:

We did lots of shopping:

We went to a Home Depot workshop:

We had a sleepover with friends:

The big girls had their annual doctor appointments and afterward we played at Kiwanis and shopped for awhile before taking them back to school.

Rosie is a cutie:

I saw a hawk on our mailbox one day:

Church moved indoors for Advent:

We went to watch our friends perform in The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever:

Immediately following, Rosie decided she wanted to be Gladys so she did her hair like the Gladys in the play and convinced Jane to, as well.

We played some pickleball at the park:

I had the opportunity to see Bonnie's Christmas concert at school and boy was it adorable!!

Coach Anne and Crazy Dave were soooo kind to watch our kids for the night only a couple days before Christmas. They took them to Advent Adventure at church and also did a Secret Santa exchange! Additionally they introduced the kids to a new game called "the Marshmallow game."

We have loved having Christmas lights up on the house!

We had dinner with friends one night and these two made up a dance to a Taylor Swift song.

Rosie has been making up her own language recently that apparently Ben seems to understand.

We enjoyed some nice weather at the park.

Rosie and Ben did a stuffed animal picnic on the porch and read their animals books over Christmas break.

We went out to dinner as a small group to celebrate the end of the year.

The kids volunteered at church putting the candles together for the Christmas Eve service.

Rosie and Ben made gingerbread houses at school:

We decorated cookies with friends!

Chris and I went up to Bethesda for the night for my work party at Morton's. 

Jane gave a Patrick Henry speech at school!

We've taken many evening strolls to the marina.

Onward to January, 2025, and fresh starts!