Christmas Adam

Growing up we referred to December 23 as Christmas Adam because Adam was made before Eve. Paul worked today so the kids and I only attended one service at church today. The kids attended Sunday School during the first service while I was in the worship service. I usually sing in both services, but I told my section leader that I could only sing in the first service today because my husband was at work and the Soul Patrol choir wasn't having a rehearsal today. That's where the kids usually are during the second service. After we had lunch, I transformed the "Lego room" back into a dining room. I moved most of the Lego creations up on top of three bookshelves. Ian felt he couldn't go a full week without a Lego table, so he moved some down to a little table in the basement. My summer tablecloth had been on for months. Usually I put a fall tablecloth on, but I went straight to the Christmas one because the tablecloth has been covered in Legos for many months. Nadia and I also baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies. We are planning to bake more in the coming days to

have plenty on hand for when my family is here.

Millie, Paul's sister-in-law, has been baking tens of thousands of cookies at her bakery. Her bakery was featured on the local ABC news station recently. I'm supposed to be on the same tv station in early January because WNEP wants to do a story on some books students in our department donated to a local public school. A former student of mine who currently is a first grade teacher reached out to me on Facebook in August because many of the teachers in her school lost ALL of their books because of mold.  The teachers and students had a delayed start to their school year, and they started the school with not a single book in their classrooms. I reached out to someone else on campus, and he worked with two student organizations. On December 7, I carried in more than 200 new books into the elementary school. To be honest, I'd actually rather not be on TV, but I know the university likes to get this kind of publicity. My kids are more excited about it than I am, ha ha!

Our kids are very excited about tomorrow morning because they'll be opening their presents from us. I asked Paul to leave for work a little later than usual tomorrow morning so the kids can open their presents first thing in the morning. They'll be able to enjoy their gifts during the day. Our church will have three candlelight services tomorrow (3pm, 5pm, and 7pm). I think we'll attend the 5pm service.

The video below is of Oliver saying Psalm 23 today. When AWANA resumes on January 9, we're hoping he'll say that to his leader. In the next few weeks I'm trying to help him memorize the books of the Old Testament. He learned the New Testament last year.

Here's to hoping that the kids like the gifts I got them!