A December Catch Up

I really do mean to blog more but somehow time just gets away from me.  Here is a little catch up from the past few weeks. 

Laith was the Ghost of Christmas Future in the Grade 4 / 5 school musical "It's a Dickens of a Christmas". 

It was a wonderful performance and we look forward to getting the DVD to show our family Laith's great performance. He took his role very seriously indeed. 

We made some cinnamon dough ornaments.  Wow how easy were they! We let these dry naturally over three days. My husband ate two thinking they were cookies. I told him not to worry a little bit white glue was not going to kill him after all kids eat paste all the time don't they? 

This weeks job is to decorate them to give away with our Christmas gifts. 

Speaking of winter ... well someone did not flick the switch to change seasons and we are still well up in the 20's each day with no cold weather in sight! Just as well I don't have much in winter clothing. 

I took my girl out for a hot chocolate after a party because she was upset that some of the kids call her Lulu Banana. I still have not quite figured out why but it was a little life lesson and I hope she will remember our chat next time someone throws some names her way. 

Sami, gosh he makes me laugh. I opened my phone photos the other day to find a heap of saved pictures he had created on a Grinch App.

I took a personal day last week and submitted passport renewals for Laith and Sami as the embassy consular official was in town. He briefly looked at their photos and took a second look and asked me if they were twins!  Don't you just love their "no smiling this an Australian passport photo" looks. 

I had to snap a few pictures of the kids last weekend. It was a moment when they were all playing nicely together. 

Eyad thought it was amazing he was holding Thomas the Tank Engine and he could see him on TV too. Too cute. 

Little Eyad has been in the wars this month with colds, coughs, conjunctivitis and now an ear infection. Gosh I feel so guilty about working when he is poorly. 

Finally this afternoon we sat around crafted together. Ah it felt so nice to do something together where the kids were being nice to each other, we chatted, we sang and we created some nice ornaments for the Christmas tree. Eyad's medicine must have kicked in as he was able to sit with us for a good 20 minutes before he remembered he was sick and upset and came back to Mumma's lap! 

The kids wanted to give their stars to their teachers so we wrapped them up with a little note. 

So much is happening this week. Lulu and Sami have their Winter Concert and they all have a great crafty time at the school Winter Wonderland. Wednesday is a noon dismissal and then we start a three week break - YAY! 

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