Days of December!

Our December kicked off with the third birthday celebration of a little Caveman! He began his special day with reluctance and a repeated mantra, "I don't want a birthday! I don't want to be three, I want to be small like banana bread!", but he was quick to warm to the idea of a celebration once he realized that this type of annual event is accompanied by gift-giving! He was the proud recipient of several faux tools and a wheelbarrow, but the most special gift of all was a sweet needle-felted white rabbit created especially for him and felted independently with love and determination by the Dreamer! 

It seems that the Dreamer's classroom holiday party followed immediately on the heels of the Caveman's birthday, and for the event, we planned several sweet activities that included mixing hot cocoa jar gifts, caroling, painting salt dough ornaments, and cutting coffee filter snowflakes! 

Next came Christmas, the long anticipated holiday! The kids had whispered their wishes to our resident elf and posted a letter to Santa Claus himself in the North Pole. The house was abuzz with excitement when Santa corresponded with the Dreamer. I am so grateful to the post office for being so considerate to have surprised us with such a magical envelope! 

Christmas morning the spawn was surprised with drums and two female pet rats named Strawberry and Snowy! 

    Strawberry

    Snowy