It's been a hard month for us. My grandfather (my mom's father) passed away in early November, a few days after having a major stroke. A few weeks previously almost the whole extended family gathered for a joyous celebration of his 90th birthday, and it was a blessing that he died peacefully after a long and full life, but I miss him very, very much.
Here's a video of him singing "Aba Daba Honeymoon" to the girls last year.
It has been special having family close by in all this. My mom extended her stay by a month, and so was able to join us for Thanksgiving.
The table setting.
Mr. Turkey, which the girls and I made.
Clara snapped green beans for our feast.
And Lucy helped to fill the orange cups with mashed sweet potatos (and later she topped them with mini marshmellows).
I am so glad we live close to my Grandma, and can be with her through this hard time.
Grandma made the pies for dinner- apple and pumpkin- so delicious!
We made a Thanksgiving tree out of branches, and Lucy and Clara helped to trace and cut out leaves for everyone to write their thanksgivings on.
A picture of some stuffed folks, after Clara had gone to bed.
And now onto Advent and Christmas preparations.
Lucy decorating the tree- she was a big help.
She even hung the angel on top!
Clara had fun decorating too, and has been doing really well at keeping the ornaments on the tree.
Our beautiful tree and ornaments, with the playmobil nativity set in the back left. Lucy has been playing a lot with it, acting out the story of Jesus, as well as her own stories.
We transformed the Thanksgiving tree into a Christmas tree- Lucy had the idea of hanging the PEACE letters on it.
The girls have new stockings, thanks to Grandma Judy! I used fabric paint to write their names, and to draw the snowflakes on Clara's.
1 comment:
you're such an amazing mom, E
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