Gingerbread houses with friends.

Today we went to the Nelsons house to decorate gingerbread houses.  Heather made the houses and we brought the candy... and together the kids made these cute little houses!!

Ethan and Cade

Morgan and Emry

 The 'older' boys did not want to decorate anything... they were 'too cool' for them this year!!
They would come in only to grab candy and see how everyone else was doing before running back outside to play...

 I think he ate/licked more than he decorated!!

Afternoon at the beach

Today we met up with a few friends to have lunch on the beach and hang out. 

 It was so much fun... a lot of work and thinking (speaking spanish is still a lot of work for me and I still have a LONG way to go before I am able to understand everything).

The kids made sandmen, played soccer, made castles, ran around and had a great time.  

 Alvero and Susana

 Virginia and Ronnie

 Aydin and Fran 

 Julio and Liam

 Virginia and Monica

AND.... 

on the way home we got stopped by this:

 He was so happy!!  

Cookie baking and decorating

Today was the annual Fathers Day Out with the some of the dads from school and while Steve was gone all day and night, two of the wives and their kids came over to help the the kids and I bake and decorate Christmas cookies.
It was so much fun seeing the kids frost and fill up their cookies with as much candy as they would hold.  

 Marta:

 Pablo

 Alana

 Maria and Emma

Once the ladies were done, the boys came up to start.
Aydin had his friends come over to keep him company since Morgan had all the ladies over..
Carlos, Vito and Aydin

After cookies and visiting we headed into town for dinner at Pizzeria Brenda.  It was a great day with great company!!

Liam's field trip

Today Liam's class had a field trip.
We went around Chipiona to see the different Belen (Bethlehem) displays.

We started at a day care which had children dressed up in their Belen costumes.
It was so cute.

 Helena and Liam

 After we walked to a church to see its display:

 From there we stopped at another school in the town to visit with the 3 kings:

 Our last stop was at the castle.  The kids walked around the display commenting on the different animals and houses.  

Some of the class: 

After the school trip was over, Liam and I walked to get drinks and snacks with friends: 

While we sat down, the kids played on the stage...