30 Days of Thanks: Days 28-30

Blessings:

• time with friends
• dry, warm home as a shelter out of the elements
• pizza for dinner
• Christmas music
• FRIDAY!
• modern conveniences
• winding down at the end of a long week

Christmas Around the World: Australia

Christmas Around the World:  Australia
 

Merry Christmas Around the World Cards

Christmas Around the World Doodle poster--Australia

12 Days of Christmas-- Christmas in Australia

The Christ Child

Watch:

Bush Christmas

Eat:

Fairy bread

Do:


Beautiful math stars

Aboriginal painted boomerang

Hands-on math:

Christmas Around the World: France

Christmas Around the World:  France


Merry Christmas Around the World Cards

Christmas Around the World brochure

 

Christmas card ornaments--this one...

 and this one...

 Eiffel Tower ornaments-
The directions on this one were not very helpful (like  "Cut out a template", "Glue together").

Eat:

Swiss Rolls aka Buche de Noel

Listen: 

A French Christmas CD

Watch:

30 Days of Thanks: Day 27

Today's Blessings:

• a warm bowl of something hot on a freezing day
• chapstick
• a blazing fire
• safe travels on a cold night
• finding a dress shirt that fits my slim boy
• a car with heat

Christmas Around the World: Mexico

Christmas Around the World:  Mexico


Merry Christmas Around the World Cards

Christmas Around the World Doodle poster--Mexico 
















What is Christmas like in Mexico?

Christmas in Mexico

Read:

Christmas Around the World by Emily Kelley
The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola
Encyclopedia of Christmas pgs. 369-374
Listen to "Putumayo Presents:  Christmas Around the World" CD


Watch:





Eat:

Cinnamon spice donuts and hot chocolate

Craft Projects:

God's Eye ornament

The Three Wise Men drawing















Mini-Pinata

Legend of the Poinsettia Art Project















Paper Plate Poinsettia

Math: 

30 Days of Thanks: Day 26

To be honest, I'm tired and cranky tonight.  An unexpected rehearsal was scheduled and I chose to miss just because I'm tired and cranky tonight.  Today wasn't bad--just jumping back into the grind after doing a lot of things around the house over Thanksgiving---is just hard.  In the midst of all that even when it is hard, I will still give thanks and count my blessings.  Even when it's easier not to...


Today's blessings:

• homemade rolls by my sweet Tera
• first day of our "Christmas Around the World" unit
• safe travels on my three trips into town today
• insurance that pays for doctor's visits and medication
• that my identity is not wrapped up in what other's think of me, but what God thinks of me.
• hot bowls of soup
• gingerbread for dessert 

Christmas Around the World: Germany

Today, Michael and I started an 8 day "Christmas Around the World" unit.  Our first stop was GERMANY!

Christmas Encyclopedia information on Germany--pgs. 227-234

Merry Christmas Around the World Cards

Christmas around the world bunting--Germany piece
 

12 Days of Christmas math word problems

Christmas Around the World Doodle Pages-Germany

Legend of the Christmas Pickle--Dollar Tree find  (Tera hid it really well in the tree!)

Watch:








Craft projects:

Advent candle chalk pastel

3-D Colorful Christmas Tree

Listen to German Christmas Carols:

Silent Night





O Tannenbaum



Good Christian Men Rejoice




Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming



Eat:

Glazed gingerbread

Math for the next two weeks will be from the following two books:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2018

We spent the day after Thanksgiving decorating, crafting and  decorating some more.

Tera helped me re-purpose a frame I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby into a Christmas card holder.  

JP and Tera made this AWESOME nativity!  JP built it and Tera painted it!

I love Christmas lights!

We have lived in the same house for over 10 years and this is the FIRST year we have decorated the outside!   We spent the weekend making our own outdoor decorations.  Although we are still working on another project, I love the way it looks already and points everyone that drives by to the real reason we celebrate Christmas! 

This  year's family ornament!