december check list

it might look something like this*:

: go to the radio city christmas spectacular, check
: take gifts to hfny for angel tree, check
: jesus’ birthday party @ all angels’, dec 1, check
(great party; thanks, tracy + crew)
: make spiced cider (the wasson family recipe; thanks, amanda)
: leave out wooden shoes on dec 5, oops we missed it! fg night.
: watch it’s a wonderful life
: nathan & henry: caroling at the dewitt nursing home, dec 6th
: read the advent book nightly
: find mistletoe, hang it in our house and kiss under it
: make christmas cards, address & mail
: light the advent candles each sunday
: read from our stack of children’s christmas books
: go ice skating (wollman rink)
: help the kids paint wooden snowflake tree ornaments
: candelight dinner by the christmas tree w/ cory
: have christmas tea with the morgans & brittany
: cory reads the greatest christmas pageant ever to us, check
: donate canned goods at school
: let the boys sleep under the christmas tree one night
: make a gingerbread house
(we did this with miss alyssa last year; we miss you)
: go to the museum of natural history on christmas eve day
: make ice cream sandwiches on christmas eve

we set aside our family hymn books
in december and print out carols to sing:
1. caroling at the nursing home
2. additional verses/carols

*parental note:
some years we do it all,
some years we do less,
we roll with the december groove, baby.
we’ll see what this december holds.

jenny & chris, we love the girls’ christmas dresses.
thank you.

ps – i’d love to hear your december ideas.