The Saturday after Thanksgiving was beautiful and 50 degrees. Randy and I did the final raking of leaves (which were surprisingly plentiful) and decorating the outside of the house; it's nice to hang the garlands on the fence before it gets freezing outside. Too bad we ran out of steam before we got the lights on the roof though!
I was so happy to have the next Tuesday off of work because I was finally able to get our Advent stocking tree organized for the kids. Michelle made these darling stockings for us a few years ago and I've never been on top of things enough to use them. It took me quite awhile to come up with the activities to put on the slips to put in the stockings (apparently I'm challenged). I had the calendar out so I could coordinate the dates of the activities so the more involved stuff happens on the weekends or Monday nights.
I put an activity in each one and a small candy for each of the kids.
This is the mini tree the stockings hang on, so cute.
Saturday was super snowy and we stayed in all day. Randy picked up some pizza for lunch (stuffed crust!) and we finally decorated the tree and the inside of the house.
The kids are getting huge.
Our tree is has the homespun look for sure, but we love it.
It was the perfect activity for a snowy day at home.
At one point Whitney was upset and channeled her anger into this lovely Christmas wish list...no it's not driving us crazy at all. Good times.
1 comment:
Our tree is homespun too, haha I love it. . . all the ornaments the kids have made over the years and ones from my childhood. Our advent calendar is the kind where you open the tiny wooden door and behind it is a star, an angel, etc for the nativity scene. My kids would think they were missing out of they knew that candy and activities could be behind those doors!
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