Sara's preschool group is buying a goat to give to a family in another country. We've been talking about it, reading books, etc this past week. Sometimes, she wants to help, other times she doesn't. Tonight, we got out her piggy bank to get some money for the goat. She has earned the other money by doing some chores (putting her clothes away and dusting). Today, she took out the original amount we had discussed and said, "Mom, I want to give them even more." Then, she kept taking more and more money out of her piggy bank, until she had given more than she had left. It really touched my heart and brought tears to my eyes to see her being so generous with what she has.
We had such a wonderful Christmas! We are blessed with so many family members in the area. Sara was super excited about Christmas. She helped with all the decorating, wrapping presents, and in general was just super excited. Jonas really got into opening presents this year. We did lots of celebrating and left the day after Christmas for Florida.
Sara was an angel in the Christmas play this year. She did a great job singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "Jump for Joy", and "Joy to the World". It was very cute!
Yesterday, we had our first real snow. Sara and Jonas we" for snow. It was very cute :) Sara pulled Jonas on the sled, made snow angels, attempted to make a snowman and didn't want to come in.
Sara made two gingerbread houses this year. She loves making them, eating the candy and eating it later :) She made one with her preschool and one with Nine.
Sara loves to dress up. The other day, we realized we don't have many boy dress up items. So, Jonas ended up in a tutu. Jon wasn't so sure about this :) He also had a turn as a biker, though.
