I had so much fun doing our Christmas Advent with Molly. It gave me an excuse to spend some quality time with just her when Stockton was sleeping. I think she had fun too; every morning she would wake up and ask what our activity was. We had two rules for when we were doing our activity: First, we had to listen to Christmas music and Second, she had to let me take a picture (I wanted to document our activities). None of our activities required a lot of thought or preparation, but it was still fun! Here's what we did the rest of the month...
Day 13: Watch a Christmas movie.
I had Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from the library. Molly chose Rudolph. We laid on the floor next to the Christmas tree and ate peppermint ice cream.
Day 14: Go out to breakfast.
There was really no way to make this "Christmas-y." Justin took the day off which is always exciting! We also let Molly choose her clothes...whatever she wanted to wear was okay.
Day 15: Wrap presents.
Molly helped with the tape and the bows. This is her present to Stockton, I love where she put the bow!
Day 16: Make a jingle bell bracelet.
I probably wouldn't do this again; Molly never wore the bracelet. Oh well.
Day 17: Make a gingerbread man craft.
I copied this. It was fun. It was displayed on Grandma's fridge the rest of the holiday season.
Day 18: Go to temple square.
Molly really did have fun. She doesn't look particularly happy in this picture. We hadn't been for 6 years!
Day 19: Open a new Christmas book.
We do this every year, on a different day. Every year we read the same book on the same day we opened it (does that make sense?). Our kids didn't have a nativity book, so that was what they got this year.
Day 20: Have Christmas pancakes for breakfast.
Just make your batter and make sure there are no lumps in it. Put the batter in one of those condiment bottles and then you can make your own designs.
Day 21: Deliver gifts to friends and neighbors.
Another one of Molly's favorites. She was having a blast, going to every door and saying "Merry Christmas!"
Day 22: Make a Christmas tree craft.
Get a liter pop bottle (better if it's green), glue pom-poms all over it and a star on top. Cute.
Day 23: Make cookies for Santa.
It's not Christmas if you haven't decorated sugar cookies! Molly had fun making a mess! :)
Day 24: Make a nativity book.
I printed off coloring pages from the Internet that told the story of Jesus' birth. Molly colored them and then we made her pages into a book that we could read. I kept it so she can read it next year.
Day 13: Watch a Christmas movie.
I had Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from the library. Molly chose Rudolph. We laid on the floor next to the Christmas tree and ate peppermint ice cream.Day 14: Go out to breakfast.
There was really no way to make this "Christmas-y." Justin took the day off which is always exciting! We also let Molly choose her clothes...whatever she wanted to wear was okay.Day 15: Wrap presents.
Molly helped with the tape and the bows. This is her present to Stockton, I love where she put the bow!Day 16: Make a jingle bell bracelet.
I probably wouldn't do this again; Molly never wore the bracelet. Oh well.Day 17: Make a gingerbread man craft.
I copied this. It was fun. It was displayed on Grandma's fridge the rest of the holiday season.Day 18: Go to temple square.
Molly really did have fun. She doesn't look particularly happy in this picture. We hadn't been for 6 years!Day 19: Open a new Christmas book.
We do this every year, on a different day. Every year we read the same book on the same day we opened it (does that make sense?). Our kids didn't have a nativity book, so that was what they got this year.Day 20: Have Christmas pancakes for breakfast.
Just make your batter and make sure there are no lumps in it. Put the batter in one of those condiment bottles and then you can make your own designs.Day 21: Deliver gifts to friends and neighbors.
Another one of Molly's favorites. She was having a blast, going to every door and saying "Merry Christmas!"Day 22: Make a Christmas tree craft.
Get a liter pop bottle (better if it's green), glue pom-poms all over it and a star on top. Cute.Day 23: Make cookies for Santa.
It's not Christmas if you haven't decorated sugar cookies! Molly had fun making a mess! :)Day 24: Make a nativity book.
I printed off coloring pages from the Internet that told the story of Jesus' birth. Molly colored them and then we made her pages into a book that we could read. I kept it so she can read it next year.
4 comments:
Haha. Her face in that last picture is priceless. Too cute. These are such fun ideas. Don't be too surprised if I copy you next year ;) And when you watched Rudolph did you notice how weird it was? We watched it this year too and I had never noticed how mean Rudolph's dad and Santa were!
You did so many cute things to celebrate the season. It looks like Molly had a really good time. I love how she woke up asking what the activity for the day was---as a mom, that can be both exciting and frustrating (when the activity isn't until much later in the day). Lots of fun! I will have to write down some of those ideas for next year. I am glad you guys had a good Christmas. You have a cute family!!!
How fun. Next year you will have to remind me so we can do that.
That looks like so much fun, also i bet the Polar Express was awesome!
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