So this is Christmas !!

Last Friday night we had a Christmas party for our English students. I baked all day on Thursday. Since I do not have an oven I had to use my toaster oven. It took me forever to bake my sugar cookies and then my Russian tea cookies. I could only get about 7 on a pan at one time. I then decided since my friend Mary likes my brownies I would make them and also banana bread. I served fruit punch and hot chocolate with marshmellows that I had found in the store. They were all impressed with these treats but they do not indulge like we Americans do. Some even thought they were too sweet. We decided to play charades and it was great fun watching them try to act out some bible stories. One young man even tried to use my Christmas tree to describe Moses and the burning bush, he actually went to the gas stove and lit it to show the fire and then he wanted to bring the fire to the tree but I just shook my head!! I could see my little tree blazing away. We then sang some carols and I must say they did extremly well. They love to sing and have great voices. I love our little group. They seem to enjoy their time with us and we love teaching them.