Lucy Lou Hairdo!

Today, we went to our annual Hands on Christmas craft outing at the Smyrna First Methodist Church. The kids had a blast making Christmas and Thanksgiving crafts...wooden nativity scenes, snowmen, smores snowmen, and wooden spoons made into Indian women. They also frosted graham cracker houses and put lots of yummy candies on them. On our way around, there was a hair beading station. Taylor LOVED the idea of having her hair done, so we sat down and watched her get her hair beaded. She was so excited when she saw the beads in her hair and sat still the whole time. The next station over was a "Lucy Lou" hairdo from "The Grinch that Stole Christmas". She wanted her hair done here, too, so the girl put a pony tail on top of her head, and then two more on the back. After that, she put shiny silver pipe cleaners twisted on her head and it looked so adorable. She was totally thrilled and her mouth went wide open when Joshua put the mirror in front of her to show her her new do! So fun! The kids had a great time today once again.

Joshua's first written song!

Joshua decided to write a song about Jesus, and I thought that I would go ahead and "publish" it for him on this blog.  Here it goes:

Jesus is the man
Jesus can heal the sick and poor
Jesus has all the power in him.
We in the world are weak but Jesus is strong.
Jesus created the world and we love you O Lord.

Wow, Joshua!  So beautiful and true!  Your heart give your Daddy and I so much joy.  Your light is shining brightly!

Rapunzel and Obi Wan head out for the candy hunt!

The kids had another great trick or treating extravaganza this year!  We had Rapunzel escorted by Obi Wan.  We strolled down our road and then around the corner and hit every house with their lights on.  Our neighbors across the street had their house so scary with Danny waving a fake knife around and dressed in an outfit fit for a horror flick that the kids didn't even want any candy and were ready to head for the road when Danny stepped out of  "character" and held out candy for the kids.  I'm thinking his house was better suited for teenagers out for a good scare!  The other houses were much more tame and the kids filled their buckets with loot before they got tired and cold and called it a night.  We ran into our neighbors/babysitters Mary, Annie and their Dad and chatted with them for a bit and also saw Connor Miller (another neighbor) who is a CCS student as well.  We had fun finding their house and they filled the kids buckets to get rid of their extra candy!  All in all, they had a great night and filled their bellies with chocolate and candy before heading to bed!

Trunk or Treat at Golden Start

Pumpkin Carving!

Sipping baby fruit through a straw??

Joshua describes the angel

Joshua remembered more details about the angel he saw over my head recently. He said that the angel was female, was all white with a black outline around her, and was wearing a crown. He said that she was glowing and hovering above me that morning when he first woke up. He said that she had a glow all around her. Sounds beautiful! So happy that you were able to see an angel, Joshua. What a gift! Your sister was describing angels in the car tonight as well we weren't sure if she was describing angel that she had seen or ones she had seen in a book or described to her. She talked about them on the road coming toward us and then baby angels. I can't wait until she can communicate a little bit more clearly so we can be sure of her thoughts vs what she has actually seen.