I don't know about you, but I am about Christmas-ed out! I am pretty much over all the fun and excitement and ready to get back to the routine of daily life, but because I took the last week off from blogging and I am behind! So this week will be a last push of Holiday overload!
Leading up to Christmas we had 25 Days of Christmas Fun. Every day there was a new activity to help us get ready for Christmas. The girls took turns pulling out the activity.
Some of the things we did were: make a countdown chain, make and deliver Christmas gifts to our neighbors,
make an M&M Christmas wreath,
have an indoor snowball fight (my favorite),
write letters to Santa,
color Christmas pictures and drink hot chocolate,
and visit the DC temple to see the Christmas lights (another favorite).
This was our first Christmas away from family and we couldn't imagine a Christmas Eve without a pancake breakfast, so we invited the Sister Missionaries and some families from the ward over for breakfast. We had the traditional ham, eggs, pancakes, and juice. Although the pancakes were not as good as my dad's on the grill, it was still a yummy start to the day!
We thought that we were not going to have a white Christmas this year, but to our surprise and delight during our breakfast big flakes started falling! The kids loved it and it totally made it feel like officially Christmas!
During the day Chad and I worked on a fun puzzle.
On Christmas Eve night we had our own little party. We played a game using dice and rolling the numbers that correspond to a part of the snowman. The first person to draw a whole snowman wins.
The Winner!
We told the story of the Nativity with a fun magnet scene that my mom sent us.
After the Nativity, the girls opened their Christmas PJs!!
We finished off the night with leaving cookies and milk for Santa.
It was definitely a different feeling being with just our little family and not being around all of our family. We enjoyed making our own traditions and carrying on some from our families as well!
2 comments:
We certainly missed you here but it looks like you had lots of fun without us. Having an activity everyday? No wonder you are Christmas-ed out! That's a lot of work. Good job!
We did miss you guys. But this will be the Christmas you remember and talk about for years
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