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a bjd advent – dec 14th – decorating the tree, from calm to chaos

  • Posted on December 14, 2019 at 10:19 am

there was great excitement today as it was the day they all got to help decorate the tree, kiri carefully unpacked all the ornaments, crystal started putting them up on the lower branches, dovey and annalise were in charge of setting up the mini trees and nativities, eilidh was busily putting out the christmas pillows and throws.
dec 14 decorating the tree from calm...

meg and cricket went downstairs to bring up the rest of the decorations, so the boys decided to help untangle the christmas lights…
dec 14 decorating the tree to chaos

a bjd advent – dec 13 – do you wanna build a snowman?

  • Posted on December 13, 2019 at 6:46 pm

dec 13 do you wanna build a snowman
after several days of snowfall, the girls went outside to build a snowman.

a bjd advent – dec 12 mail and board games

  • Posted on December 12, 2019 at 7:01 pm

meg went off the the post office to mail the letters the kids wrote yesterday,
dec 12
while she was there she picked up a load of parcels full of christmas surprises,
dec 12
the kids entertained themselves playing board games

a bjd advent – dec 11 – christmas cards with a purpose

  • Posted on December 11, 2019 at 11:54 am

today was a charity day again, a day when the kids focus on giving, rather than what they will get for christmas
dec 11 cards with a purpose
meg ordered cards from a few of her favorite charities as gifts for friends and family.
dec 11 christmas cards with a purpose
the kids had all decided together that they would write encouraging notes to our troops who would be away from their families this year, so they each picked a favorite place to sit and got busy thinking of what to say
dec 11 christmas cards
the girls are writing very sweet letters
dec 11 christmas cards
the boys decided to write their letter together, i think meg better check this one before she sends it!

a bjd advent – dec 10 – popcorn and movie night

  • Posted on December 10, 2019 at 7:27 pm

tonight the girls cuddled up to eat popcorn and watch “the mujppets’ christmas carol”
watching a movie
watching a movie
the boys claimed the muppets movie was sissy, but they came in to grab some popcorn and were soon as mesmerized as the girls
dec 10 popcorn and movie night
dec 10 popcorn and movie night

a bjd advent – dec 9 – family photo

  • Posted on December 9, 2019 at 10:37 am

today meg took the kids’ christmas picture. amazingly enough even the boys cooperated!
merry christmas

a bjd christmas – dec 8 faith candle

  • Posted on December 8, 2019 at 1:05 pm

on the second sunday of advent kiri and annalise lit the second candle.
dec 8
The second candle represents faith and is called “Bethlehem’s Candle.” Micah had foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, which is also the birthplace of King David. lighting this candle symbolizes the preparations being made to receive the Christ child.

a bjd advent – dec 7 sledding

  • Posted on December 7, 2019 at 2:12 pm

going sledding
going sledding
as a light snow fell meg took eilidh and crystal sledding
cricket sledding
crystal brought her own sled
cricket sledding
cricket sledding
cricket sledding
turns out she needs a lot more practice ! 🙂

a bjd christmas – dec 6 – letters to santa

  • Posted on December 6, 2019 at 1:37 pm

dec 6
today’s activity was writing their letters to santa
dec 6
the girls had a pretty good idea of what they wanted
dec 6
so did the boys, but afraid that santa might have them on the naughty list (and for good reason) noah and emrys came up with a cunning plan
dec 6
when the letters were all done noah and cricket went to the mail box and posted them all

a bjd advent dec 5 – outdoor decorations

  • Posted on December 5, 2019 at 9:58 pm

cricket and edwin worked hard tonight string lights and setting up the outdoor creche
dec 5 - outdoor decorations
dec 5 - outdoor decorations