Baking cookies has quickly become one of Cole's favorite things to do. Luckily we got to Searcy just in time to help back Christmas cookies with Grandma and Paw Paw. Cole had a blast digging through cookie dough. By the end of the day he was covered in flour, sugar and sprinkles! Rhonald's mom showed Cole how to roll to dough in to balls. At first I did not think he would be able to do it but with a little bit of help he did great. In fact I think he made more cookies than anyone that day!I brought a gingerbread house kit with us to make on Christmas Eve. None of us had ever made one before so I thought it would be fun to give it a try. Let me just say...it did not disappoint and it will be a tradition from now on. It was super easy and really fun to show Cole how to follow the directions and be patient. He loved decorating the house with candy (and sampling some too). Even Rhonald enjoyed it - he was the master of the roof! It was a really fun and easy activity to do together. I realize our house is not the prettiest in the world but hey - it was good for a first try! Now that we know how to do it we are looking forward to next year. I even mentioned trying to make one from scratch - we shall see!
Another tradition that I love (and that I stole from our friends, AJ and Matt) is what we call our prayer jar. We wrote down the names of all of the people that sent us a Christmas card and put them in a jar. Each night at dinner we pull out a name and pray for that family. It has been so much fun...something I think we will actually continue year round. I love praying with Cole. We do it before bed and before dinner and it is so sweet to see him start to "get it." He holds our hands and closes his eyes and yells a great big "AMEN!" when we are done. He evens reminds us to pray when we get busy and forget - he will say "Stop! Prayer!" What a precious spirit that boy has!
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