Being a parent is great any time of the year, but especially fun at Christmastime. Both the kids this year were so fun. Molly was old enough to get the Santa thing and just thought that everything was magical-Christmas lights, trees, everything about the whole season. Stockton wasn't old enough to get the Santa thing but it sure was fun to watch him just take it all in. He loved Christmas trees, lights, and of course learned to say "Ho, ho, ho" whenever he saw a picture of Santa.
After having done the Advent Activities last year (here, here, and here), I felt a little obligated to do it again this year. Of course we had fun-Molly loved every minute of it-but 24 activities was hard to think of this year! I think I'll cut it down to 12 next year for sure. Someday I would like to own a cute countdown, but for now we went with the good old paper chain. Each day Molly got to cut off a link and read what activity was written.
Day 1: Paper snowflakes
Day 2: Homemade Christmas T-shirt
Day 3: Paper plate Rudolph
Day 4: Cookie/Ornament Exchange party with neighbors
Day 5: Christmas corn and the Christmas Devotional
Day 6: Festival of Lights here in Spanish Fork
Day 7: Worked on Justin's Christmas presents from the kids
Day 8: Candy ornaments
Day 9: Decorated gingerbread men cookies
Day 10: Visit to see Santa
Day 11: Date with Daddy-Christmas shopping and ice cream
Day 12: Watched a new Christmas movie (The Grinch)
Day 13: Popsicle stick Christmas tree
Day 14: Made gifts for Molly's friends and cousins
Day 15: Gingerbread man chain
Day 16: Made neighbor gifts
Day 17: Colored an ABC Christmas book
Day 18: Took Grandma to The Nutcracker
Day 19: Delivered neighbor gifts
Day 20: A special Christmas FHE
Day 21: Snow day!
Day 22: Movie party with friends (Polar Express and popcorn)
Day 23: Made cookies for Santa
Day 24: Wrapped last-minute presents
And to stretch out the Christmas season a bit longer, we went to the Zoo Lights a couple of days after Christmas. Boy, was it cold! Kids don't really seem to feel the cold, though, and we enjoyed walking around for a couple of hours before finishing the night off with some hot chocolate.
After having done the Advent Activities last year (here, here, and here), I felt a little obligated to do it again this year. Of course we had fun-Molly loved every minute of it-but 24 activities was hard to think of this year! I think I'll cut it down to 12 next year for sure. Someday I would like to own a cute countdown, but for now we went with the good old paper chain. Each day Molly got to cut off a link and read what activity was written.
Day 1: Paper snowflakes
Day 2: Homemade Christmas T-shirt
Day 3: Paper plate Rudolph
Day 4: Cookie/Ornament Exchange party with neighborsDay 5: Christmas corn and the Christmas Devotional
Day 6: Festival of Lights here in Spanish Fork
Day 7: Worked on Justin's Christmas presents from the kidsDay 8: Candy ornaments
Day 9: Decorated gingerbread men cookies
Day 10: Visit to see Santa
Day 11: Date with Daddy-Christmas shopping and ice creamDay 12: Watched a new Christmas movie (The Grinch)
Day 13: Popsicle stick Christmas tree
Day 14: Made gifts for Molly's friends and cousinsDay 15: Gingerbread man chain
Day 16: Made neighbor giftsDay 17: Colored an ABC Christmas book
Day 18: Took Grandma to The Nutcracker
Day 19: Delivered neighbor giftsDay 20: A special Christmas FHE
Day 21: Snow day!
Day 22: Movie party with friends (Polar Express and popcorn)Day 23: Made cookies for Santa
Day 24: Wrapped last-minute presents
And to stretch out the Christmas season a bit longer, we went to the Zoo Lights a couple of days after Christmas. Boy, was it cold! Kids don't really seem to feel the cold, though, and we enjoyed walking around for a couple of hours before finishing the night off with some hot chocolate.
1 comment:
You are so fun. I really need to do this. A lot of the things you listed, we did, but you made it seem a lot more fun. It would be such a good idea to have her feel like she is more involved in my 'errands' or activities. I love the picture of Stockton with Santa Claus. Hilarious. And Ross and I always comment that kids don't feel the cold outside. It is a phenomenon.
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