Hidden Treasures

I braved the roads and went to Michael's today with the littles. I needed yarn for some upcoming projects and wanted to pick up some craft stuff for Christmas to help occupy the littles on these crazy snow days. While I was there I stumbled upon some wreaths that were on sale and couldn't resist making one. All of our previous homes have been rented basement suites with a back entrance or they've had screen doors on them. Now that we have a home and our very own door, I couldn't resist trying to be a little creative and adding to the Christmas spirit in our neighborhood. It's not super pretty or crafty and I will probably add more stuff to it soon, but for now, it works!

Last night we did family home evening while eating supper since Daddy had a lot of work to do in the evening. We watched a Christmas video with the kids and then had a conversation about why we celebrate Christmas. Both the older two could not stop arguing over every little thing. We asked them to tell us what they though Christmas was about. Hyrum said Santa. Oh boy. We've got some work to do! Eventually we narrowed it down to baby Jesus. But Hyrum decided to argue with Camilla about that. She agreed, he disagreed. Then I said "Christmas is about Christ". Hyrum then shouted across the table with glaring eyes and a wrinkled up nose, "Chwismas is about CHWIST, Camilla!!!" Making progress. Mike and I were cracking up the whole time. I love those guys. Here's the cute Christmas video we watched. I cried when I watched it this morning with the littles, just a sweet message.

In other news, I opened up my corner cupboard to find lots of little treasures in my pots and pans. Joe's favorite thing to do is put the alphabet magnets (or other treasures he finds on the floor) inside my pots, pans and rice cooker. It made me laugh!