We have incorporated new traditions into our Christmas season and we'd like to share them with you. The first thing we did this year was give our Christmas tree a bath. Yes, in a bathtub! Another missionary family let us borrow their tree but we had to get all the dust off it first. Lucas and Alexis loved helping with that! Then we taught the kids how to have a snowball fight with cottonballs. This was even more fun one evening when the kids and I hid behind a mat and surprised Dan with a bunch of "snowballs" when he came home from work! I (Allison) have also had fun making paper Christmas crafts with the kids like stars, candy canes, stockings, reindeer and a wreath. Plus it helps us decorate our home! We have also enjoyed using an advent calendar each evening as we prepare to celebrate (as Lucas calls it) "God's Birthday".
We also have a few pictures from an adventure we had last weekend as we visited Goree Island. This is a famous tourist attraction for an infamous reason as it was a huge part of the slave trade. But we enjoyed visiting the island on a beautiful Saturday morning.