A Snowball Fight!

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This is Tristan and his cousin Gabbi vs Uncle Alan, Aunt Shannon and brother Brayden!

My Christmas Tree Is Up!

Finally, it took me 3 days to get my tree up. Of course I was sick one of those days, so I couldn't do to much. Not to extravagant but, I like it. I did do the doves like I mention earlier this year. Looks neat. Here are some pictures.

Beauty And The Beast

This isn't really Christmas related, but in a way it is. Last week my mom and I went to our local school Christmas craft fair. They have about 50 vendors, it's big. We go every year, and every year the student perform some sort of musical. We never buy the tickets. Why? I don't know. But this year, it was Beauty & The Beast, my favorite Disney movie. So I convinced my mom to buy the tickets, she said it'll be an early Christmas present for both of us. I was ecstatic.

So last night my mom & I went to Disney's Beauty And The Beast. I have to give the actors and crew 5 stars. It was an awesome performance. The leads were all superb . They're singing, oh, was right on. I kept thinking some of these singers need to go for an American Idol tryouts, they were that good.

Over 4 years ago, my mom and I went to Pennsylvania on a bus tour, and one of the things on the itinerary was a dinner & theater, which was Beauty And The Beast. Those actors were older and professional, and I LOVED the performance there. But I have to say, the High School performance was just as good as those who performed at that dinner & theater performance. I'm still in WoW. My mom was hesitant at first, because being on a work night for her, she'd be awfully tired the next morning. But she enjoyed it and was glad she went. She said it was worth it.

Also I encourage any theater teacher out there, who don't know what to perform for their school, do the Beauty And The Beast! It's a great story, that everyone loves!

I really recommend everyone to check out there local school theater. Those kids work hard, and who know, may someday be famous! Plus it's great to get involve with the community!

Found a clip on you tube of the play...hopefully they'll be more.

Christmas Chain Advent

Today My oldest son and I put together a Christmas Chain Advent. Here is what you'll need...



3 pieces of construction paper. (May need more, depends on how many colors you'll be using to make the chain).
Tape or Glue
Pencil
Ruler
Scissors
Marker


Step 1
Using 1 piece of construction paper mark 1 inch along the edge.
Turn it to the opposite side and mark 1 inch along the edge again




Step 2
Connect the 1 inch marks from left to right using your ruler



Do the same with the other pieces of construction paper until you have 25 1 inch strips.



Step 3
Now number the 1 inch strips. I use red & green so red was all odd numbers and green was all even numbers. But if using more than two colors pick your own pattern. This is how the chain will be connected.



Step 4
Cut out all the strips



Step 5
Take #1 chain and roll it in a circle



Step 6
Tape or glue the ends of the circle together



Now you have your first chain.



Step 7
Now with #2 slide it in the circle of #1, then tape the ends together to form 2 chains.



Step 8
Keep doing this until you have a chain of 25

Here is our finished chain..




Now on December 1st your child will rip #1 chain off, then on December 2nd your child will rip #2 off, and so on.

I put a little jingle bell on #25 just to give it more excitement for my son. Do whatever your imagination can think of.