Three things about Asa, by three of his sisters

What we can say about our favorite son and brother?

He's cute. Without a doubt.

He likes balls. For sure.

He makes us laugh. All the time.

He loves his sisters. Without a doubt.

From Millicent:

He likes his new toys that Mimi gave him.

He sometimes shares his bike and Jerusha's tractor.

When I said happy birthday to him, he said happy birthday back.

From Kati:

He told me happy birthday today when I told him happy birthday.

He never wears clothes.

He doesnt like the feeling of hair when he gets his hair cut.

From Kori:

He is very nice in sharing his toys.  Usually.

He always looks out for his sisters.

He loves to play with me.

Happy 3rd birthday Asa.

Oh, how we love you.

Merry Christmas from The Johnson Family

This will be my last post for a week or two.  So I wanted to take this opportunity to wish my friends and family a VERY merry Christmas, marked with joy and love and peace.  Remember to take time to enjoy yourself and not get caught up in the presents and the stress and the to-do list.  See Christmas through the eyes of your children, grandchildren or whoever the little ones are in your life.

Today's Advent:

Craft day

Santa Clause with a cotton ball beard. 
Trees made from popsicle sticks.
Reindeer with feet and hand prints.
Don't forget the salt dough ornaments.

Tomorrow: 

Baking day

Friday: 

Make a cake for Jesus.

Saturday:

Open presents.

A final tradition I will share with you.  Jeff and I have a time together on Christmas Eve.  We put the children to bed early.  We pop a bottle of sparkling cider.  We open a gift from each other.  (These have turned into personal gifts that can't be opened in front of the children, if you know what I mean.  Wink, wink.)  Then we turn on the video camera and...HEY!  Get your mind out of the gutter.  Sheesh.  This is a G-rated blog. NO!  We record our guesses on what the next year will bring for each of our children, then we do five years out and ten.  But hey, while it's out....

Merry Christmas. 

FOUR days to go-and I like you...I really do.

We had our family pictures on Saturday.  Usually we go to the studio and have them done but Jeff has always hated that.  So last year our dear friend Hannah took our pictures and they were the best we've ever had.  This year though, I could not find a studio with reasonable prices ($1000 for pictures????).  So I set my camera on a tripod and we took them ourselves.  Look for them as the week goes on.

Here's another of my favorites:

Advent activity:

Email someone to tell them how much you love them.

So to all my blog readers:  Thank you.  Thank you for reading and commenting.  And for those who just lurk...de-lurk this holiday season and tell me hello.  Wish me a Merry Christmas. You don't have to have a blog to leave me a comment or a password or anything.  You can leave an anonymous comment.  Just be sure to sign your name if you want me to know who said it.

We have a tradition of praying for the people who send us cards over Christmas.  So if you leave me a comment we'll consider that a card and pray for you too. 

It's almost here.  Are you ready??? I'm beyond excited.