Old video

I was sent this video yesterday.  Does it get any cuter?  It was someone's high school project.  

Gravity walk

Yesterday we went to Main Event with a group of 5th and 6th graders from the church we have been visiting.  There were 9 children with our group.  Eric had a great time.  We bowled, played laser tag, and then he did this.  

They had a gravity ropes course that was around 15-20 feet off the ground.  E had lots of fun maneuvering through the course.  Some of the tracks were very easy, and he would fly right through them.  Some of them were quite difficult.  

Guard dog

Widget must have heard something outside.  When he went to investigate, he discovered this snowman hanging.  I am pretty sure he thought it was out to get us.

Merry Christmas to Me

So, not the best way to spend the week of Christmas.  Sigh.  My car would not start.  

Had to get someone out yesterday to tow it.  Turns out the starter went out.  

That was kind of the cheapest, best case scenario.  Should be able to pick it up

Friday or Saturday.  Not the way I wanted to spend money right now, 

but so grateful that we can get it fixed.  Eric was very fascinated with the whole process.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

For the past three years, we have spent Christmas at Petit Jean.  We adored our

time there, but it appears that season has passed for now.  

It was fun to hang our stockings at home this year.  

Walk through Bethlehem

We have always thoroughly enjoyed the drive thru nativity in Searcy.  We were delighted to go with a group to a walk through tour of Bethlehem today.  They had dozens of market stalls set up.  Here are a few of our favorites:

At this one, you had to sign the census.  They talked about the 

census a lot and about paying taxes.  

We watched this woman make a clay pot on a pottery wheel

that she worked with her feet.  It was very cool.  

Eric getting stamped to show he had paid his taxes.  

There was a games booth set up.  He, of course, loved that one.  

Playing tic tac toe with a girl from our group.  

Petting a live dove.  

At the end, they acted out the nativity. 

When we talked to the innkeeper, he expressed concern over how full

he was.  He said he had to turn away a woman the night before that was expecting.  

He was also concerned about his animals, as he was so busy he couldn't go to feed them.  

After he watched the scene, Eric went back to tell the innkeeper that his donkey, Ebenezer, was fine.  He also gave him a report on baby Jesus.  The innkeeper gave Eric a shekel for his help.  

Here's a video of one of the games they had in the game tent.  

Christmas Parade

We had a great time at the parade Saturday night.  It was fun to do something so simple as a family.

                                                                       

Of course we were a little early, so what did kiddo want to do?

Read a book.  That boy takes a book with us everywhere we go.

He is getting a little too big for my heart here.  

I much prefer this picture.  He doesn't look nearly as big standing next

to his Daddy.  

The parade was really long and had lots of fun floats.  So glad we went!