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Tickle Your Fancy is one of our Themes. Since The Reading Cafe is a place we can all hang out, while we drink our coffee or sip our margaritas, the talk of everything books can lead to funny stuff when we are having fun. Since we have been enjoying this feature…It is time for another Marcie…

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

It’s that time of year again, my favourite time of the year actually, Christmas.  So not only am I busy getting ready for the holidays at home, but also at work and there I work with kids, the wee one’s.  So you can probably imagine what kind of chaos is ensuing for me as we inch closer and closer to Santa’s annual visit.  I enjoy all the hussle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas not only at home, but at work too.   The kids love the Christmas season in my room, I’m just like one of them when it comes to Christmas and all the fun.   I even have various Christmas hats I rotate between daily to entertain the kids and my co-workers.  One elf hat even sings.  My co-workers love that one. 😉

So when I pulled out my Christmas decorations it didn’t take long for my room to look like Santa’s Elves and his workshop had thrown up in my room.  Tinsel, red ribbons, stuffed reindeers and santas were everywhere.  Heck they were even decorating themselves. They were looking more like the Christmas tree then my tree was. They were having a good time, albeit it a messy one, but it’s Christmas.  Needless to say I was able to restore some order, get the room and tree decorated with their help.

Now decorating the room is only one step on having fun for Christmas with me and the kids. I love doing crafts with them. So we’ve started Christmas crafts and we’ve been making playdough ornaments this week.  Of course after you make and dry them it’s decorating time.  Glue, paint and sparkles were everywhere.  By the time Christmas is over I’ll be number 1 on the caretakers hit list. LOL!!!!  For anyone who’s ever dealt with sparkles and crafts you know what I mean. I’ll be finding sparkles in June at this rate. They just go everywhere and stick to everything. Not to mention for some reason kids love to paint and sparkle themselves too.  I swear I needed a tub yesterday to clean up just the kids.  LOL!!!!

Next on the Christmas  fun list; baking Gingerbread Men.  I can only imagine what will happen then.  If last weeks cookie making activity is any indication I’m in for a fun and messy time.  A couple of my kids thought the dough was like the playdough and decided to mush it and mold it and just play with it.  Then of course they decided to taste it and ate some of it.  I think they played and ate more of it then we made cookies.  But that’s kids for you, what fun is baking if you don’t taste any of the dough.  I know I always did, heck I still do.  😉  We did manage to make an even dozen cookies even though the recipe called for 16, so that wasn’t too bad.  Surprisingly they tasted good too.  Yes I’m a brave soul, I even tried the cookies we made after they had their grubby little hands all over the dough.  LOL!!!

Yes I’m a big kid when it comes to Christmas and working with a group of wee one’s is the perfect place for me this time of year. I should sign off now and go surf the net for more fun Christmas ideas that me and the kids can do over the next few weeks before we break for the holidays.  Hmmm, maybe I should also look for a safety vest in case the caretaker comes looking for me.  LOL!!!

Merry  Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.  See you in the New Year!

Marcie