Christmas party

Dec. 20th we had our annual Christmas Party

 

Our girls and their friends recited verses and sang carols for us

These sweet little ones recited the candy cane poem

 

Oldest played Jingle Bells

 



Then we all dressed up in our costumes and acted out the Christmas story

 

King Herod was pretty scary

 

The Wisemen sang for us with Joseph joining in

 My three sweet angels in their costumes 

 

Snow storm

Some said this was the most snow they had

 seen in the Middle East in 60 years

Compared to Canada it does not look like much but remember there are no snow plows sanding the roads, no snow tires and most people do not even have shovels.

 We were snowed in our home for three days



After three days being stuck we got our car out and we all went for some groceries. It took us hours to just get there and home. Schools were closed for the week in Amman.
This was one car we saw stuck.

 

No snow days off for homeschooled children. :)

Still lots of time to play

Football fun

 

 We're thankful for the opportunity the girls had to play football this past Fall.

It's been good for the girls to learn about a sport
and about working together with others on a team.

 

 

 

Turning Eight

 The birthday girl and her sisters

 The theme was Little House on the Prairie
Oldest has been reading through these books

I made a log cabin cake and each girl came dressed up

 

 We made paper bonnets

Homemade butter and bread

Hunted for eggs in the pretend barn.

 

 Burlap party bags with wagon wheels and other treats

 

Ma and her girls had a great time.



My sweet six year old

 

 

    

The birthday balloon wake up

 Can you tell she was pleased with her first present of the day?

As you can see Belle the princess doll was a hit.

 

Time for the party

Sweet friends

 

The birthday gang

She was so excited to have her close friends all celebrating her.

 

  

We played her favourite game. Bingo.

    

 Blessed by her friends

   

My precious girl is six! She makes us laugh everyday. She's so full of fun, love and energy.

Daddy and I are so proud of her for how she works so hard at her schoolwork and enjoys helping others. She loves babies and caring for children younger than her. Six year old is such a wonderful helper around the house. Her kind heart is seen daily with her sisters.

Give her a job...she'll get it done. Give her anything and she'll make it fun.

You are a gift from God sweet six year old.

40th Birthday

A yummy breakfast from dear hubby

Sweet gifts from the girls

 

Supper out with friends

 

When I was home this past summer my Mom organized three birthday parties.

One with my big brother as our birthdays are very close

One with family

and one big surprise party with old friends.

 

 

 



Fall Co op

We are blessed to be apart of the homeschool co op group that meets fall and winter here in Amman.
This session a friend and I are teaching Art Appreciation.

Learning about Pablo Picasso

 

Football

The girls are in the Tot Division of the Amman Little League this fall.

They are enjoying it and we are proud of them. It has been good for them to work hard with others on a team and to run around and get some exercise. Besides their friend they are the only girls in their division.

 

 We enjoy cheering them on.

 

Thankful to play with our dear friends