Introducing "Mac"

A dear friend gave Nate and Caleb the gift of The Elf on the Shelf.
Caleb named our elf Macaroni, but we call him "Mac" for short. Pun completely intended. :)

Caleb was so excited this morning to discover Mac had disappeared from his bookshelf (the last spot Caleb saw the elf before he drifted off to sleep). He couldn't wait to clamor downstairs and find him! He was amazed to find Mac at his play table drawing in his dinosaur coloring book. Caleb hasn't stopped chattering about Mac and how "silly" his little elf is.

We stuck Mac's masterpiece on the fridge. ;)
And yes, Mac used our trove of Christmas books atop Caleb's chair to reach the table.
Sneaky little guy.

This Christmas has been so much more fun than any of our previous Christmases. Caleb's wonder makes the holiday a brighter occasion.

Picture a Stable in Judea

What we did Sunday for Family Home Evening:

Caleb asked to sing Scripture Power. Daddy gave the prayer. Caleb gave the lesson (he told us the Christmas story) and we made gingerbread stables! Simple and fun. I love it.


If you did not know, the title of this post is a reference to a song. Listen to it here. It is one of my favorites.






Gingerbread Stables/Mangers
What you need:

• Graham crackers
• can of frosting
• yellow-dyed shredded coconut for HAY
• crushed graham crackers and brown sugar for SAND
• animal crackers for the ANIMALS (add a smear of frosting and marshmallows to make fluffy sheep)
• mini peanut butter cups for *ahem* MANURE
• and any other fixin’s you want.
  
  
  (PS Could one of my Facebook friends post this on my wall? Thank you ;) )
  PPS I bet you didn't know there were elephants at the nativity, didja?
  

FABULOUS!

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