Gingerbread and Candy Canes

 Dec 4th our church had an activity for girls 8 and older.  The girls got to make gingerbread houses.  They were kind enough to bring a kit home for Porter.  He was so funny when he was making it.  He would put a candy on the house and then two seconds later he would take it off and pop it in his mouth.

 The masterpieces.

 This town has so many cool activities.  One that is new to us was that Santa visits all the neighbors in town while riding on a fire truck.  They sent out a newsletter saying what day Santa would be visiting your street.  We looked forward to December 11th for a few weeks.  We were his last stop.  Santa started on the opposite side of town and gradually worked towards us.  A few nights before he came to see us, we heard sirens going off.  They would go off for a while and then stop only to start up again.  The girls were so scared.  They though it was the tsunami siren.  We said our prayers and I put the kids to bed.  When Chant got home I told him they were really worried.  He got in the car and followed the sirens just to see what was going on.  (Probably not smart but oh well.)  And who did he find but Jolly Old St. Nick riding on his red fire truck.  He came home and told the girls and they were finally able to sleep soundly.  The next few nights we knew what was going on.  And when it was our turn, the stress was all worth it!  So cool!