Goldilocks and the Three Bears

..... Minus the Bunny Ears

Sugar Bear and Daddy Bear

I love this picture of the girls. They are both smiling and looking at the camera. At first I was upset that big sis put bunny ears on little sis then I realized that made it even more perfect.

My brother got an underwater camera for Christmas and he has been taking pictures like crazy!

Here is one of me and Daddy Bear 88 feet under the water!

We are having to dodge these things here like we dodge squirrels at home! My dad has almost flattened at least three and squished at least a few tails. These Iguanas are not scared of us at all, one attacked a man at lunch for his fries! You think I am kidding but I'm not! I was scared of seeing a Shark but now I am afraid of the Iguanas.

If you look close you can see the barb wire fence with the cactus growing through it! Talk about a serious fence.

what the girls are doing while were diving. This is it! They are playing on the beach with Mimi and posing for cute pictures.

Here is me putting on a (fake) smile as I get ready for my first night dive. I was scared to death! We followed our dive master and I was so close to him that when he turned around he said he felt like he was being swarmed by bees! What can I say? I was making sure I was not getting lost, because it was DARK. I also had a hold of my sweet husband the entire time. I am not sure I want to do that again any time soon. Or if I do I want a BRIGHTER flash light!!!!

Where is here? Bonaire and it is HOT !

(Mom is so mad at me because I stole her picture)

She wanted that picture for her blog - oops! =)

I will post pictures of Christmas when we get back.

with good friends, it has been awhile since I have seen these girls. And spending time with them made me wish I could see them more. We met at Newk's the other day for lunch and talked until the little ones could no longer stand it. I miss getting to see Lindsay and Allison and wish I could see them more. I also can't wait to see Lindsay's little guy Levi when he is born.

I was lucky in Pooh Bear's Class all I had to do was provide the craft.

She had a great time they started out eating snacks......

Then they came to me and I painted their hands and turned it into a Christmas tree then the kids decorated it with sequin ornaments....

I made their outfits and I finished the shirt the night before they were suppose to wear them. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

As room mom of Sugar Bear's class I got the joy of planning her Christmas Party. So the kids started with Reindeer food with the Teacher. After the reindeer food one of the moms read a book about reindeers.

Then we made reindeer ornaments

Finally the day of Breakfast with Santa! We were all so excited and of course we brought our friend with us to enjoy the crafts, food, story and Santa.

First, we made a cute ornament for the tree. They decorated the tree with dots and each dot had a meaning. The Yellow Star represents God's perfect light, Red represents the blood Jesus shed for us, Purple represents the crown of life, Black represents our sins, White represents the cleansing of our sins, Blue represents the baptism that identifies us with Jesus, Green represents the new life we have in Jesus. The ornament also included the verse

"Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved" Acts 16:31

Then we all sat down and listen to the Real story of Christmas. Lyn our Children's Minster read the story to the children. She is a fantastic Minster and we love her. Unfortunately the day after the Breakfast with Santa Lyn was helping with one of the youth baptism when she fell down the stairs and broke her arm. She then had to have surgery and had a plate put in her arm. She is now at home recovering.

Pooh Bear wanted one of her sweet friends to spend the night at our house. And because Audrey is such a sweet little girl I was happy to oblige. We had just one little obstacle to over come. Comet - the dog. She was so worried about him and was not sure at all about me letting him in the house. But once I talked to her and she saw he really is a sweet dog she decided she liked him. As you can see I think she is beginning to really like him. She went from being scared of him to chasing him around the house to pet him.

Once we were okay with Comet we made a big soft pallet in the floor for them to lay on and watch Christmas movies. I had been recording movies for at least two weeks.