So to keep up your Christmas spirit, here's a blog on our Christmas accomplishments. :) Joaquin and I had quite a crafty season. I looked and looked for a Nativity set that Joaquin could play with, that had all the characters, and that I could endure 
putting out in my house. Turns out that's pretty hard to find, and when you do, you can't afford it. (Or at least I couldn't) So we decided to be creative and make our own. We used old coke bottle, which we always have plenty of, and bits of fabric left over from various other projects. Some sticks for the shepherds' staffs, some wrapping paper for wings plus some cotton balls, and voila! Our very own beautiful creche. It turned 
out pretty charmingly and we still get to make the Magi for Dia de los Reyes. I think my favorite are the angels, but the sheep has a few devoted fans as well. And this cute little picture is the finished product of Joaquin's 'birdhouse' from Thanksgiving. Isn't it fabulous? Notice the stickers, they came with the kit. (I feel like an advertisement for Lowe's.) This last picture is also Joaquin's. He made 
this little poster in school right before it got out for Christmas break. It shows all the different sense and how they relate to Christmas. For example, Christmas tastes like..... a candy cane! And it sounds like a jingle bell :) But we ran into a snag for smell. According to his poster, Christmas smells like a Christmas tree. Since we have a fake tree, Joaquin has never smelled a real Christmas fir. So Joaquin grabbed some rosemary from the tree I bought and taped it on. To Joaquin, Christmas smells like rosemary. (This is based off our Advent book which teaches different Christmas customs and legends.) Here's also the promised pictures of our 
gingerbread hacienda. Daniel did an excellent job setting it up and putting up the vigas. My contribution was the wreath, the ristras and the luminarias. I think they add a lot. And since it's a hacienda, it of course had courtyard. We filled ours with a pottery planter (M&Ms and pretzels), chairs and a fountain. See how 
productive we are? We've also made some cookies, I've learned to cable knit and Joaquin has made countless sculptures with ribbons, jingle bells and his Tinker Toy wires. Tis the season to be creative.
putting out in my house. Turns out that's pretty hard to find, and when you do, you can't afford it. (Or at least I couldn't) So we decided to be creative and make our own. We used old coke bottle, which we always have plenty of, and bits of fabric left over from various other projects. Some sticks for the shepherds' staffs, some wrapping paper for wings plus some cotton balls, and voila! Our very own beautiful creche. It turned 
out pretty charmingly and we still get to make the Magi for Dia de los Reyes. I think my favorite are the angels, but the sheep has a few devoted fans as well. And this cute little picture is the finished product of Joaquin's 'birdhouse' from Thanksgiving. Isn't it fabulous? Notice the stickers, they came with the kit. (I feel like an advertisement for Lowe's.) This last picture is also Joaquin's. He made 
this little poster in school right before it got out for Christmas break. It shows all the different sense and how they relate to Christmas. For example, Christmas tastes like..... a candy cane! And it sounds like a jingle bell :) But we ran into a snag for smell. According to his poster, Christmas smells like a Christmas tree. Since we have a fake tree, Joaquin has never smelled a real Christmas fir. So Joaquin grabbed some rosemary from the tree I bought and taped it on. To Joaquin, Christmas smells like rosemary. (This is based off our Advent book which teaches different Christmas customs and legends.) Here's also the promised pictures of our 
gingerbread hacienda. Daniel did an excellent job setting it up and putting up the vigas. My contribution was the wreath, the ristras and the luminarias. I think they add a lot. And since it's a hacienda, it of course had courtyard. We filled ours with a pottery planter (M&Ms and pretzels), chairs and a fountain. See how 
productive we are? We've also made some cookies, I've learned to cable knit and Joaquin has made countless sculptures with ribbons, jingle bells and his Tinker Toy wires. Tis the season to be creative.
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I seriously loved that nativity set, it was so cute!
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