Coloring With Bears

Madeleine spent much of the morning coloring in her Berenstain Bears' Christmas activity book, since the near-Arctic weather is keeping us house-bound.  She has enjoyed designing wrapping paper for the blank presents in the book, matching cookie shapes to cookie cutters, and decorating the table for a holiday feast.

Speaking of, here's a glimpse of the feast she created:

If you're wondering why there's a human head on the table, it's because, according to Madeleine, "Look!  It's a cookie shaped like Jesus!  When he was a GROWN-UP!"

The feast grew even more scrumptious over the course of the day:

From left to right, top to bottom, the samplings are, according to Madeleine: a hair cookie, a dinosaur foot cookie, the Jesus cookie, a swirl cookie, another swirl cookie, and apples in a bowl.

Now, you may notice that Jesus looks a little rosier than He did in the first picture.  Madeleine explains that, as well: "Oh, He got a SUNBURN."

Seriously, this all looks pretty delish.  I don't know about you, but I'd *definitely* be going for the sunburned Jesus first.  Mm-mm-mm!