Baby hawk

Proud of his reindeer candycane

My sons were home sick from school today so we made the best of it and did some Christmas crafts together. One of the crafts was to make reindeer candy cane ornaments.  It turned out I did most of the work since the hot glue gun was my job.  But, the kids held the candy canes for me while I fastened noses and eyes, and then they helped wrap antlers around their heads and hung all 14 of them up on the tree.  My younger son was particularly proud of our work. :)

Brothers under the Christmas tree

This is how I found the boys when I walked into the living room.  They were both lying under the tree looking up at all the ornaments and giggling/talking. Aren't children the BEST?  They crack me up and make me smile and remind me daily what a joy life is. :)  

Christmas cactus blooming

I love the time of year when my Christmas cactus blooms!  After all the rain this morning, I hurried out to take some closeups of one of the buds that had lots of water droplets dripping off of it.  I think these blooms are so beautiful!  :)

Dinner and a movie with friends

My little preschooler

I volunteered all morning in my younger son's preK class today.  I had a great time!  I read Christmas books to the children, helped with crafts, and got to watch my son participating throughout the day! It made me so happy to see him doing so well in school!  Here he is during snack time. :)

Brothers