Today we went over to Julia and Mason's house to make Christmas crafts! I can tell Vivian really enjoys doing crafts because she concentrates so hard. Erin so graciously prepared the materials for us to make a manger scene on paper, and she also cooked an awesome lunch for us! Working hard on their mangers (I loved the 3-D effect...twigs for the stable, pine needles for the hay where Jesus was sleeping, and cotton balls for the sheep out on the hills...Erin is so creative. Can you tell she used to be an elementary school teacher?).

Every once in a while Vivian would show off her work. "I did it!!!!"

We also made candy canes like we saw on Kristin's blog...red and white beads on pipe cleaners. It was a good idea for Julia and Vivian, but not for Kate. She kept trying to eat the beads.

Kate spent a lot of time talking to baby Mason. He was a sweetheart.

We wrecked their house :( Beads, crayons, and markers rolling under the couches, pine needles all over the rug, etc., but it was super fun and we LOVE spending time with our dear friends.
Hooray for lots of Christmas craft ideas! I have a few more, but we only have a couple more days left to do them! Stay tuned for more.