Happy New Year...

What a great time of year...time for new beginnings and reflecting on seasons past. This past month has been so much fun. Little Bit has loved the Christmas season. The first thing she asked to do every morning was turn on the Christmas tree. She was also really into presents...she didn't care if they were for hers or not...she just really enjoyed opening gifts. So needless to say, all of our family had help opening their gifts this year!

Activities:
Christmas, of course...getting to spend time with our families is always great!

cut out cookies...what fun we had rolling out the dough and making cookies. Her favorite was the gingerbread man!wrapping gifts...she tried to help with this! We did shop and pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child...she had lots of fun with that.

nativity set...helped me set up our nativity, had her own to play with & walked through live nativity play at our church

number snowflakes...For the fall months I numbered silk leaves 1-9 and she loved them so much, I found snowflakes at Hobby Lobby and did the same with them.

coloring...Sesame Street Christmas coloring book from Dollar Tree.

Snacks:
cut out cookies
m&ms
apple slices

Reading:
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas by John Rox
The Three Bears' Christmas by Kathy Duval
Counting Christmas by Karen Katz
The Donkey's Christmas Song by Nancy Tafuri

{don't forget...utilize your local library for reading material!!!}