Centerpiece

Family Home Evening topics in December are pretty easy to come by. There are always fun holiday activities to participate in; throw in a good conversation about the meaning of Christmas and you've got yourself a Family Night.

Last week we went shopping for Christmas gifts for two people that we picked off an "angel tree" and then had hot chocolate and treats at Starbucks. We thought about loading the kids in the car and looking at Christmas lights tonight, but I'm getting a cold and didn't feel like doing that, so we decorated our gingerbread house instead. Every year Nana Bunny gives us a gingerbread house kit. They aren't too hard to put together and the kids absolutely love decorating them. I usually make it our table centerpiece for the rest of the season.

This year the back of the house was much more festively decorated than the front - I'm not really sure why. But the kids had a lot of fun putting candy on the house and sneaking a few bits and pieces for themselves. We had brownies and hot chocolate afterwards. We also talked about why we really celebrate Christmas. The boys got it right, but Tessa yelled out that it was about decorating the tree. Sigh. She'll get it sometime. It's hard to concentrate on the spiritual when you've got a candy-covered gingerbread monstrosity in front of you.