Matthew's Gals

On Saturday Matthew had responsibilities with his new internship position, and families were welcome to come along. Since we're Matthew's "gals", as he likes to call us, we came along. Much of the morning involved a Parent and Tots group. Greta had tons of fun at this! She played with other children and new toys, had a circle time with live guitar music, and made her very first craft (well, with lots of help from mama). Here is the finished product: a frosted pinecone ornament for our tree. Today she helped hang it up, and it completes are Christmas decor perfectly!
After glueing the pinecone it was dipped in salt and glitter. We are both concentrating so hard on this!
Painting the pinecone with glue.
Getting into the spirit of it!
Greta had a busy morning at the Parent and Tots group. She was up at 7am--we arrived at the church at 8 for breakfast, and then didn't leave until after lunch at 1:00. Only when we left did Greta finally get her nap. She was a real trooper, though (I did give her a chance to nap while there--for the record--but she was more interested in the activities!) There was a 4 year old girl there who really liked Greta. Greta enjoyed it when the little girl held her and was a little crazy with her--Greta had quite a twinkle in her eye getting such special treatment from a "big girl".

More special treatment is on the way soon...we have several visitors coming over for the Christmas holidays, and we can't wait to spend time with our families!