Ding dong ding dong
We are starting the 12 Days of Christmas early this year. Usually, the 12 Days of Christmas are supposed to start on Christmas Day, but since The Poulson Grandparents are taking Rea and Sara to Disneyland for their combined 8th birthdays this year, we are not going to have twelve days together after Christmas. So far, the kids made their own peg doll nativities and candy cane sprinkles and gingerbread houses (at the library - Alison's favorite gingerbread house making experience ever), and today we drank eggnog and sat by a fire and read all our Christmas books. We're looking forward to having a picnic under the Christmas tree, putting on a Christmas play, making gingerbread men, going sledding (or dancing the Nutcracker if there's no snow), making neighbor gifts, going caroling, watching Christmas movies, and celebrating Twelfth Night before it's over.
We also celebrated the Solstice on Saturday by eating butternut squash (to symbolize the sun) and telling stories about our moms, grandmas, and great-grandmas. Alison heard somewhere that on the winter solstice, our Scandinavian ancestors celebrated their female ancestors, and on the summer solstice their male ancestors. She has no idea if it's true, but she likes the idea of family history holidays, so we're doing it.
We had a convert baptism in our ward this week, the mom of a new kid in Sara's Sunday School class. We were happy to get to attend. We need to try again to get together with their family. We've tried multiple times, but every time something has happened to prevent it.
Alison got a new calling, to teach Sara's Sunday School class in the new year. She really likes teaching, and she's excited to have a calling again.
Alison sang in the choir for the Christmas program today, and Rea sang one song with the other Senior Primary kids. It was a wonderful program.
We are all very excited for the Christmas holiday! We are done with school until January 6th, and we look forward to doing all of our favorite Christmas things between now and then. Mike and Alison are also going to try to do an Organized Simplicity on the house while Mike is off work this week. When Rea and Sara get done at Disneyland, we're going to meet them in Reno and spend a week there, so we're very excited for all the fun things we have planned for the next little while.
We also celebrated the Solstice on Saturday by eating butternut squash (to symbolize the sun) and telling stories about our moms, grandmas, and great-grandmas. Alison heard somewhere that on the winter solstice, our Scandinavian ancestors celebrated their female ancestors, and on the summer solstice their male ancestors. She has no idea if it's true, but she likes the idea of family history holidays, so we're doing it.
We had a convert baptism in our ward this week, the mom of a new kid in Sara's Sunday School class. We were happy to get to attend. We need to try again to get together with their family. We've tried multiple times, but every time something has happened to prevent it.
Alison got a new calling, to teach Sara's Sunday School class in the new year. She really likes teaching, and she's excited to have a calling again.
We are all very excited for the Christmas holiday! We are done with school until January 6th, and we look forward to doing all of our favorite Christmas things between now and then. Mike and Alison are also going to try to do an Organized Simplicity on the house while Mike is off work this week. When Rea and Sara get done at Disneyland, we're going to meet them in Reno and spend a week there, so we're very excited for all the fun things we have planned for the next little while.
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