This Christmas flew in so quickly, I got behind 100% of the time:( However, I did find some enjoyable moments this December!
I was able to spend some time with my dear friend Jiye before she headed back to Korea to be with her family. She won't be back to the states for at least 5 months!!We made snickerdoodles and no-bake oatmeal candies (pictured). It was fun to get together and make some treats that I used to make with my mom and brothers when I was younger:)
My students have been VERY excited about the holidays, and frankly, so have I! Working in a daycare means that I only have a day or 2 off for the holidays, but I enjoy my job more than 90% of the time, so it's worth it, right? ;) Anyway, several of my students went out of town until next year! This past Friday, I only had 9 of my 20 kids come to the daycare...awesome!I've finally remembered to bring my camera to work and, while I can't post pictures online of my kiddos, I can share with you their artwork. Here is one of my kids' "Christmas Tree" made out of plastic nuts and blots! What a cutie :)
They've also made things like candy canes with glitter on them, cups of "hot cocoa" to decorate the office, and winter hats, but I have yet to remember to take those pictures!
Our living room finally looked like Christmas this month - Sean and I spent a lot of time debating if we wanted a real tree or not, and he was sent back to night shift for 2 weeks, so ornaments weren't actually hung up until the 19th or so? It took a while, but it looks beautiful! I plan on
keeping it up as long as possible! :)
Sean actually did a lot of the organizing and decorating for Christmas. He strung lights up on the screens decorating the entrance area to our apartment. He even put up my sign from high school that says "Some of my best friends are flakes" and the snowman that goes with it :)
It being Christmas, I thought I'd have a decent chance at doing some elaborate meal with my husband. Nope, like I said, it's been a rough time trying to stay on top of things! We ended up running to Safeway (poor things were open today!) and getting breakfast foods. We skipped lunch for the most part. Dinner was supposed to be cornish hens, but unfortunately 6 hours wasn't enough to thaw the little guys! So we had Chinese food, as did apparently 40+ other people in Fairfax....at the same time. Thank goodness ours was takeout! Later, I found a recipe for kettle corn that I've been dying to try. It was awesome - I'll post about it later tonight!
I pray that everyone had a wonderful Christmas celebrating Jesus' birth in your own special way! :)
It being Christmas, I thought I'd have a decent chance at doing some elaborate meal with my husband. Nope, like I said, it's been a rough time trying to stay on top of things! We ended up running to Safeway (poor things were open today!) and getting breakfast foods. We skipped lunch for the most part. Dinner was supposed to be cornish hens, but unfortunately 6 hours wasn't enough to thaw the little guys! So we had Chinese food, as did apparently 40+ other people in Fairfax....at the same time. Thank goodness ours was takeout! Later, I found a recipe for kettle corn that I've been dying to try. It was awesome - I'll post about it later tonight!
I pray that everyone had a wonderful Christmas celebrating Jesus' birth in your own special way! :)
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