Christmas Activities with My Grandchildren

So we managed to stuff a lot of Christmas activities into one Friday evening and Saturday. Here are some pictures from all our good times. First, the Butterfly Biosphere:

Next was the Living Nativity with live animals:

An angel singing Silent Night:

Followed by hot chocolate that wasn't too hot.

The next day we made graham cracker houses:

This was followed by sledding:

The two-year-old sledder who amazed everyone with the way he kept going:

Then we went to the Giving Machine:

A few weeks later, we took Milo to our ward Christmas breakfast, then celebrated Jan's birthday the next day:

On the 23rd, we took David's children to the Church History and Art Museum which had tons of fun children's activities, wasn't crowded, and kept the children busy for a couple of hours. It was awesome!

This guy was very entertained moving things around:

Then on Christmas Eve, we re-enacted the nativity:

It was a fun month!

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