Family Visit To Bethleham

The church we go to has an
annual Christmas trip to
Bethleham for the kids in the
church and their families. The
entire basement of the church is
transformed into different
shops, vendors etc. We have a
begger on hand as well as
Roman Soldiers. The children
are each given a bag of coins
in which to pay their taxes as
well as buy different items
and to buy the ability to make
different items. Lots of fun and
educational to boot!

Here are Frankie, Michael and
Emily with our Joseph, Mary and the
baby Jesus. Within a few feet of
this are two sheep, a donkey and a
couple of chickens. Pretty realistic
barn for inside a church.

Michael and Emily got to
make a great placemat that
they embrodiered a gold
star on. They were on our
table until after New Years.

This is Frankie's mom, Gina,
helping Michael with his
placemat.

I don't think the kids
appreciated store bought,
pre-ground flour until after
this room. They had a lot
of fun grinding various grains,
it is just a good thing we didn't
have to grind enough to actually
make our dinner.

Emily got to make her own
doll. She was in heaven. Michael
got to make a slingshot. He hasn't
seen it since we got home. I didn't
think it would be good to
actually give him a weapon to
use on his sister.

Michael and Frankie are
dipping candles in colored
wax. Lots of fun and
creativity in their choices
of colors.

Uncle John joined us for the
morning. The kids loved
having him around for the
day. I'm not so sure about
him as an angel, though.

Gina and Frankie were our
guests and we all had a good
time in Bethleham.