Cinderella IS magical…

So this is love…ahhh yes. Cinderella. I just had the distinct joy of watching my daughter, Eden, watch with wonder this magical movie. While “Princess” is very “in” at the Williamson house, Eden hasn’t seen any of the movies.  Perspective and context of these lovely ladies is not in Eden’s body of knowledge…until now. To say that she loved every minute of this movie would be an understatement. Tensing at all the tense moments, laughing at all the funny moments and being indignant at all the unjust moments all registered on my sweet Eden. She talked back to the film several times. One time in particular was when the king and the advisor kept the glass slipper, but Eden didn’t know they would use it to find Cinderella. She yelled at the screen, “They can’t keep that!” She also was very angry and sad when the step-sisters tore up Cinderella’s dress. In order to keep her from coming unglued I asked her what color Cinderella’s dress really is…
“Blue.” Cue the sparkles! As the sparkles started to show up on the screen she asked in a whisper what they were. I told her that good things ALWAYS come from sparkles. Shock and awe at the pumpkin carriage was also fun to watch. Consequently, she wants to do a pumpkin craft tomorrow involving stickers and gems. All in all it was great. When it ended she simply said, “I want to see it again.” We shall my sweet, we shall. As she got her jammies on for bedtime she ran out and asked me to help her because the pair she picked had buttons. After buttoning her up, I drew her attention to the buttons. They are red glitter “sparkle” buttons. Grinning big, she giggled and I told her, “Good things always come from sparkles.” I scooped her up in my arms and twirled her around the kitchen singing and humming, “So This is Love”. We danced into her room to, “Someday My Prince Will Come…” The bedtime story for tonight was a retelling of Cinderella with Eden and Yaya as major players in the story and Noah starring as the Prince. Finally drifting off to sleep she said, “I wish there really was a Cinderella, but there isn’t.” Big sigh. I whispered back, “Oh but there is! And she is at Disney World, her castle is even there!” That brought her straight awake and she informed me that she wanted to go to Disney World tomorrow morning. Oh, how I wish we could…bippity boppity boo!

Truth in the Tinsel– Day 24…It is finished.

Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form,he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.  - Philippians 2:6-11

Truth in the Tinsel–Day 22 & 23

Wise Men were marginal at best, jewels and glue were involved so that was a plus. Being the 3rd craft of the day, (Mom got a bit behind), they were pretty burned out on crafting. The next day, however, the gifts craft was fun for the girls as it was another playdough like activity. We made our own cinnamon applesauce ornaments. Noah couldn’t take the strong smell and shoved a cookie cutter into some dough and called it a day.

Truth in the Tinsel–Day 20 & 21

Know what else is magical? Glitter and macaroni. Yep. Shake enough glitter around and everyone is happy. I had to come up with an alternative star craft from the one in the book because it was going to be freakishly hard. Macaroni it is!

Christmas Angels

How unbelievably cute are my girls here?! Their preschool teacher took these picture of all the kids and gave them to parents as Christmas gifts from our kids! So precious! The color photos are actually in homemade cards from the girls. I snuck them out of the homemade frames/cards and scanned them in so I could have a digital copy.      

Birthday Beginnings…more to come.

Me and my girl making cupcakes for her party. She insisted on having homemade cupcakes. Making them together was so much fun, she is a great helper. Sadly, these did not turn out right due to a butter faux pas. However, I had another cake mix in the house so all was not lost. We put individual cupcakes, with lollipops in them, in pink and purple Chinese takeout boxes and handed them to her friends after the party. Huge hit! Great memory! So fun!

Truth in the Tinsel–Day 18 & 19…kill me.

I wish it had been cotton balls...enuf said...but not really.
It is my OCD vs. Meaning of Christmas. I feel like I’m in a battle with Truth in the Tinsel to actually make it to the end of all the ornaments! We are so stinking close! Today was a blur of boringness. But we did get to talk about the story again and that is valuable. The kids enjoy seeing their ornaments on the tree even if they aren’t jazzed about making them. I console myself with that thought. Bwah ha ha!