Other Christmas Activities

First came Christmas caroling on the river with our church.  Here the kids are singing "kid carols" and keeping time with bells.

The only thing Jasmin really cared about for a good long time was her rainbow candy cane, which she immediately totally unwrapped.  But not to eat, just to admire! Unfortunately it got dropped and shattered before she actually ate it.  The replacement one stayed wrapped - and didn't get eaten for weeks, a rare occurance for candy in our family. 

There also was a karaoke challenge at the end of our caroling cruise on the river: how many languages could we sing a carol in?  Michael persuaded Mommy to offer a song in Khmer. She agreed, on condition that she sing along with her iphone :)

It was a little odd to be singing Christmas carols coasting past temples and palaces of various other religions.  It felt rather declarative: "Joy to the world, the LORD has come!"

Grace was in her element: lots of friends young and old to hang out with :O)

We made a coconut cracker village in the place of a gingerbread house.  This candy lasted only a few days :o)  But the fun was all in the making.

 And Daddy took extra time to do science experiments with Jasmin (and Grace couldn't keep away of course!) and teach Grace to ride her bike without training wheels.