*This year I started a Christmas count down tradition with the kids. I made an advent calendar using Candy Tins and inside each one put something for us to do each day that is Christmasy. Charles absolutely loves it. Every morning before doing anything else he goes down stairs and gets the next tin and brings it up to me (usually I'm still half asleep in bed) and asks me what it says. I'll be honest we don't always do what the note says. Life has been pretty crazy busy for me this year, so we don't always get to it. One of the ones that we opened said, "Sleep under the Christmas Tree." The kids thought this was a Great idea. John was camping with the scouts so I decided to let them sleep under the Christmas tree. They had a great time and didn't go to sleep until about 10:30.
Some other ones have been; drink hot chocolate, listen to Christmas music, go see Christmas lights, make Christmas cookies, watch a Christmas movie, read from Luke 2, and color Christmas pictures. The kids are having such a good time with this we will definitely have to keep the tradition going. But next year I will have to be better at doing every activity.
*On December 7th we went on a double date with our friends the Todd's to Disneyland. It had been YEARS since John and I had been to Disneyland with NO kids. And since our passes are expiring we thought why not go and have some fun. We left the kids with my parents, picked John up from work and headed down. It was SO much fun!!! I forgot how much I LOVE Tower of Terror. I think I could have ridden it all night long. We also got to go on several other "big kid" rides. Another of my favorites was Indiana Jones. I was reminded why it had been SO LONG since the last time I went on Space Mountain, it made me so sick. But I sucked it up and enjoyed many other rides. It was a Great night with Amazing Company and tons of Fun. Thanks Todd's for a much needed date night!
*On December 15th Charles school had a Christmas Program. We invited Aunt Goo to come with us. It was really cute. The kindergartens sang "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." They had these adorable antler hats and all their noses were painted red. Charles had been practicing the songs for weeks and was so excited to sing them. He did a great job and looked SO CUTE!!!
*The Tuesday before Christmas I got together with my mom and sisters and did our annual Christmas baking. It was fun to be together and make lots of yummy stuff. The kids even helped with the sprinkles on our dipped pretzels and sugar cookies.
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