December 23rd, 2011
We’ve had lots of fun this month as we so patiently waited for Christmas to get here. Cohen especially has really be into counting the days until Christmas. We mark off the days on his calendar every night before bed. We also have three other “countdowns” we’ve been using. The first thing we did every morning was turn this little ornament my mom gave us last year which tells a portion of the story of the birth of Jesus each day…
Next we head to this advent calendar that Christian’s mom made us this year that is a replica of one they had when Christian was growing up. Each day we put a new ornament on the tree and there is a little paper that goes with it telling how the ornament relates to Jesus and there are scriptures to read each day…
Finally, we went to the living advent calendar that I made us this year that had something for us to do each day. There was one stocking for each day in December with a little paper inside telling us what our activity was going to be for the day. Some things were simple and some were more involved, but it was so fun!
I’m sure we’ll do them all again next year along with the Elf on a Shelf. I’ve been seeing so many of your cute posts about things your elves have done…we’ll get in on that action next year!
The very first thing we did for our living advent calendar was go to the parade of lights on Main Street in Grapevine with some friends. The weather was great (with the exception of a few sprinkles) and a good time was had by all…
I have always wanted to put lights on our house and Christian surprised me this year and did it one day while I was at work! I was so excited!!
We went to the lighting of the Town Square in Southlake and the boys got these super cute antlers…
We’ve made it a tradition to have a real Christmas tree every year. I think decorating the tree is one of my favorite parts of the holidays. We have a random assortment of ornaments, but pulling them out each year brings back memories of loved ones, reminds me of all the Christmas themes we’ve enjoyed in years past, reminds me how fast my boys grow with each passing year and we even have some I made when I was a little girl. Fun times!
Santa hats! Can you really get too many cute pictures of your kiddos in santa hats?!?
I made several batches of cakeballs…
We made gingerbread houses…
We went and saw the trains at North Park Mall…
I saw this can in a store one day and thought it would be so fun for the boys to do since we were highly unlikely to get any real snow. Open can, pour in water, stir, instant snow…sounds good!
They liked it alright…
What a mess it was to clean up though!!! I think this stuff is the same stuff that is inside diapers. If you’ve ever had a wet diaper burst for whatever reason, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Someone at the diaper company got smart and is now making millions selling fake snow!
The boys both had fun at their school Christmas parties and surprisingly both sat on Santa’s lap without shedding any tears!
The Christmas spirit has brought some brotherly love to our house as well…
Some sweet Christmas faces…
Making cookies for Santa…
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! We still have lots of fun left to come! Stay tuned!
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By Aunt Melissa, December 24, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
Looks like tons of fun! Can’t wait to see you all SO soon! Love you!
By Me'mere, December 26, 2011 @ 8:49 am
Great pictures! Merry Christmas!
By Grammee LUV, December 26, 2011 @ 11:05 am
Wonderful Wonderful Holiday PICS!!!!! Melanie, you are such a great mom! I’m so very proud of you. LUV LUV LUV you all so much.