Ben taught a class for some older elementary homeschool kids about finances, savings, and investing. It was so fun!
Carrie Zieber watches a little boy named Aiden. When she and Mike were gone for their anniversary (and attending a Children's Ministry conference), I watched him one day. Ben was sitting in the chair and Aiden climbed right in. :)
Joyce came down to stay with the Zieber kids while Mike and Carrie were gone. She took all the kids to a clay painting place and let them all pick out one small clay item to paint. She suggested they pick something they could give away as a present. Caleb picked out a mug to paint for Ben for Christmas. Micah picked out an elephant to paint for Remy, Kyle and Tess's new baby. Abby picked out a unicorn. When I asked her who it was for, she was like, "For ME!"
Caleb sharing a Bible story for presentation:
Pre-Thanksgiving trip to Ohio:
They saw a few snow flurries in Springfield and immediately needed to get out of the van to be "in the snow." (We drove down to Springfield just for one night to attend church and check on our Limestone house which we plan to put on the market.)
Cake and ice cream at Grandma's for Aunt Darlene's birthday:
Beating Grandma at Memory:
And then on to Maryland for Thanksgiving:
We gave Caleb an allergy pill so he could play with the kitties too...
During the exchange game, Caleb opened a jar of candy. He did his best to make sure no one else would steal it...
He may be old, but his humor hasn't aged. :)
Abby was pretty excited to get hair chalk in the exchange:
Dad had hurt his rib. (And was getting over a bad cold.) Mom asked Kelsey to listen with her stethoscope. Of course, Dad had to make it hard on her. :) (Mom finally unbuttoned Dad's shirt... "Why are you undressing me???") It was a good five minutes before he actually behaved himself.
Micah and Davis are good buddies. Micah even decided to wear his socks with holes in them because Davis does that too. Haha!
A bummer of a way to end out last night in Maryland... Caleb fell asleep on the floor of the bathroom after his shower because he didn't feel good. The next day, we drove home to South Carolina with Caleb and Abby both dealing with diarrhea. :( It made for a lot of potty breaks!
A few days after we got home, we got to see the "original Buchers"! Kevin and Kristin Bucher were on furlow from China. So funny to think of how inseparable Micah and Kai when they were little toddler buddies... and how the three kids on the right we not even in existence yet when the Buchers left for China! (Well, Kian was in Kristin's belly.) :)
Completing the "My Body" project at CC...
Playing with the nativity scene... she added one of her little ponies. :)
I like my living room all decorated for Christmas.... especially now that we have the hardwood floors!
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