FD Cookie Exchange

On Sunday we went to a Cookie Exchange at the Fire Station. There was lots of sugar...although Steven managed to eat a salad while the rest of us enjoyed cookies. I think he did have one bite. ;) 

Fancy hot chocolate 

Cookies...and a salad

Raelynn in her adorable hat

Ginormous gingerbread house

Raelynn did some coloring, and she liked her bracelet with the bells

Emma colored, too.

Emma worked on the gingerbread house.

It was fun...she may have sneaked a little candy during her decorating

I stole this one off of FB. I helped Emma with the icing.

So this is from the mall when I took Emma shopping...in Roseville...at Christmas time. We were taking a break and they gave her coloring pages. She is very into coloring right now. 

This was from her homework this morning. She was supposed to tell a story about her holiday. When I asked her why we celebrate Christmas, she said, "because Santa brings us presents." What?! For those that don't know, we have not done the Santa thing...Emma has always just called him 'the Christmas Guy,' on her own, but I think she may have picked this up at school. I did try to explain who he was a few days ago, about who Saint Nicholas was, but I don't think she quite got it...she started singing a song that Santa died. (I don't dislike Santa, for the record. I just think Jesus is way better than Santa.) Anyways, her story is about how a raccoon are Jesus's birthday cake.