So tearing a page out of my friend Laura’s playbook again, I took on the December advent calendar of activities this year. It has been a fun thing for us and we look forward to our activity everyday. It is really fun watching Owen be so excited about Christmas this year. Each day we write what we did on a card, and put it in the advent calendar pocket.
Here are a few highlights of our advent this year...
Decorating the House:
Buying Gifts for Friends/Family and then Wrapping Presents:
Making Ornaments (various days):
Christmas Party:
We love having our little friends over for a cookie and ornament decorating party. Sadly, this year there were no pictures... sigh. But I did snap this shot of the kids the night before helping me bake all the cookies.
Owen’s Tree: the second photo was taken by Owen. And Olivia’s Tree
Nativity: we have a tiny nativity for the kids and we let them arrange and rearrange it to their hearts content.
Christmas Puppets: there were lots of crafts this year, which we love. I even have a dedicated Christmas craft bucket. :)
Making Snowflakes: he did the folding, I did the cutting.
Picking out New Ornaments: Rudolph was Owen’s pick and “chicken” was Olivia’s.
Live Nativity: our annual Christmas Eve tradition at the Puzeys.
Reading Christmas Stories:
Matching PJs:
Pictures with Santa: Owen told Santa he wanted an “awesome marble track” for Christmas, and Olivia just stared.
Owen’s Christmas List:
next year I am going to send it to Santa. This year he didn’t want to, but I found Santa’s address: 1 Santa Claus Lane North Pole, AK
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