Advent #2

Day 10 – Attend the Nutcracker Ballet… it was just Grandma Yoh and the girls this year.  I felt sick, the beginning of something that is still with me 3 weeks later!  They enjoyed the time, the outfits, and the ballet. 

Day 11 – Snowman Pancakes… I had it lined up that 2 families from church were going to join us this year, but my sickness forced me to reschedule for after Christmas (so we do have that to look forward to!).  But the girls wanted to do this anyway with just our family since it was on the calendar.  (And I had no backup plan for supper.)  So, here are our snowmen… (note that Jeremy’s is in honor of the Brown’s replacement quarterback, Joe Flacco; the fifth snowman is Madison’s original transformed into a granny snowman)

         

Day 12 – Play in a Band Concert… This year, Mr. Kaserman worked with all 3 bands to slip in a fun twist to each concert.  In 6th grade, a student jumped up saying he found a letter from Santa asking that ___ be played.   Then, a 6th grader stood up and performed the solo on his sax!  Then, in 7th grade, Santa’s letter asked for the flutes to play a 60s rock song.  Finally, in 8th grade play Seventh Nation Army with some electric guitars, and some 8th graders whipped out some guitars and the band played.  It was really fun!

         

Day 13 – Mix and bake cut-out cookies… we squeezed this in after an elder meeting.  The girls enjoy this even better than the decorating.  This year, they did most of the cookie batter making as well. 

   

Day 14 – Decorate cookies… sprinkles, frosting, and artistic flair.  All hands on deck to get these done this year.

         

Day 15 – Wrap gifts… we have discovered the ping pong table makes a great gift wrapping area.  And the girls are getting better at wrapping themselves with the appropriate amount of paper.  We mailed off the Minnesota Yohs gifts this year since they won’t be able to join us in person.

Day 16 – Pick out teacher gifts… the girls looked through all the magazines and both chose gifts from Heifer International.  Ellie is giving the gift of a a flock of chickens.  Madison is giving the gift of honeybees.  We are gifting these to Sunday school and youth group teachers.