Small Wonders: Weekending Dec 13th

I am so happy that this week is over. I practically survived on mixtures of herbs, spices and elderberry this week, as my immune system is exhausted. The kids are also feeling really tired and cranky. We are all feeling the effects of the weather and various illnesses mixed together.
But nothing keeps us down ;). We are always on a mission to create "stuff", and to have fun...#smallwondersgoals ha ha.

This week we had a wonky camera SD card, but we got some decent shots of our happenings (when the camera actually worked).
We played outdoors, made wacky gingerbread people (after much storytelling), created art,
ate pancakes for afternoon snack (which was somewhat très chic). We made and ate yummy chowder, and yummy chocolate covered pretzels.

The kids were so excited to start off our Christmas crafting and baking. To help you celebrate, wherever you may be, here are some general French Christmas terms.
We've got quite a few things planned for the last week before vacation/Christmas. These are exciting times for our little friends.

Here's some words that the children have been reading, hearing, and seeing as we prepare for Christmas/holidays. We have been reading this little book (because it's in french), we are loving this one as well, and this one is a classic.

Christmas	*Noël*
Christmas Day	le jour de Noël
Christmas Eve	le Réveillon de Noël
Christmas party	la fête de Noël
December	décembre
winter	l’hiver
Christmas card	une carte de Noël
Christmas present	un cadeau de Noël
Christmas tree	un sapin de Noël un arbre de Noël
gingerbread man	un bonhomme de pain d’épice(s)
ornament de Noël	une boule
reindeer	un renne
Santa Claus	Père Noël, Papa Noël
wrapping paper	le papier cadeau
wreath	une couronne
candy Cane	sucre d'orge, canne de bonbon

We are a bit confused about the french word for "stockings", so we left that out. If anyone knows, please send me a message/leave a comment :).

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