Gingerbread and Friendship

We are still trying to figure out what our new New York traditions will be, so far we've just scheduled ice-skating on Christmas Morning at Rockefeller Center. But this afternoon we had a great time sharing a tradition with some good friends who we admire a lot! They live on the Upper East Side so we don't get to see them that much. So every year they invite 2 families to their home to hear the Christmas story and decorate Gingerbread houses. So each family sat down at their table with a pre-assembled (but still homemade) gingerbread house and went at it. The whole afternoon was a blast! Truly put us in the Christmas Spirit, helped us to stop, play, and reflect on our blessings all at once:

For Family Home Evening we are going to take cookies to our local Firestation, incidentally the one featured in Ghostbusters on North Moore Street. We will be home for the whole break and we are looking forward to resting, bonding, relaxing, and playing. Probably posting a few pics too.  

(p.s., London got glasses, she picked them out herself! Cute tortoise shell, isn't that sweet?)