12 Days of Christmas

This is Douglas most mornings.

I should have filmed him after his afternoon nap.  Wow.  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  :)

This Christmas season Margaret gave all of her children (and spouses) a challenge.  Rather than focus on gift-giving and gift-getting, we should do some kind of service for someone.  Sam decided that she and I would do a 12 Days of Christmas project for a family (mother and six young children - 5 girls and one boy - parents are divorced) in our apartment complex.  We began on 1 December with this:

For the next twelve days

 (as Christmas draws near)—

We will be dropping by 

with some holiday cheer!  

So…keep your eyes open, 

Your ears perked up, too. 

We’ve thought long and hard 

about what to bring to you!  

Along with our gifts 

that will come each night,

 Is a wish for a Merry Christmas 

and a New Year that’s bright!

Hot chocolate, marshmallows, and Christmas cups.

Story:  A Ring For Mom

Story:  The Christmas Orange

Story:  The Christmas Handkerchief

Story:  The Babe of Bethlehem

Story:  Place of Honor

Story:  I Hope Someone Will Love Her

With a page of Christmas jokes and riddles.

Story:  An Imperfect Christmas

Story:  A Christmas Eve Transformation

Story:  Not a story.  5th-grade students comparing God to items they see in TV commercials.  For example, "God is like Bayer Aspirin...he works miracles."

 Story:  We Two Kings

I was tasked with delivering the package each day.

 Douglas loves his mama.......or as he calls her, "Nana".

 The growing posterity of Doug and Margaret

Amazing ladies of the Coombs family!

 Yesterday we received a package from Amazon.com.  Apart from the one item we purchased, the box was full of those familiar little pieces of foam.  Douglas (as well as a couple of neighbor children) had a blast with them.

We simply watched as he flailed his arms about and buried himself in the foamies, every now and then reaching out a hand for some help to sit up.