Advent Day 4

Tonight after dinner (lasagna!) and baths, we forced the kids to go way back in time (before their mom and dad were even born) to watch the stop animation classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Emi complained about it at first, at how long it must have taken to make the movie, but she settled in after a while. It's a classic and we wanted to keep things low key tonight (read: we were tired already).

I can't believe there are only 21 days until Christmas! This first 4 days of December have flown by...guess we better get a move on with those purchases!

Hope you are getting into the Christmas Spirit!

Shades of Grey

No, not the book, you dirty birds! (Although I do have it reserved at the library.) 


So I think I found the perfect grey boots - the ones that I was in search of while in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago (and in Oklahoma for the past year).


Now, mama's getting into the Christmas Spirit!

I wasn't even looking for them...and they were 25% off with free shipping when I put them in my cart. Score! Now all I need is that elusive giraffe scarf and some various colored jeans and I'll be set! (for now)

Advent Day 3

Family Game Night

Advent Day 2

Today was a gorgeous day! We spent most of the day outside in the back yard raking leaves and collecting pecans.



We collected a bucket of pecans and bagged up several bags of leaves before the kids started playing in the piles.



(They helped bag up some leaves first.)

And I gave the lavender a "haircut" so I could replenish the greenery on the old Peace Wreath.



I considered making a Rosemary wreath but I decided to work with what I have....I'm very pleased with the results.




Emi cooked up some Hobo Packs to go with our sandwiches for lunch.





While the kids napped, Scott and I wrapped gifts....and then later we did the Advent activity.

Nutter Butter Reindeer

And the Countdown Starts...

I'm finding it hard to believe that today is the first day of December! It's balmy outside and 2 of my kids were in shorts today. It was almost amusing for me to be at Petco getting a sweater for my littlest "baby" today but this lovely weather isn't bound to last.

We didn't get the Advent calendar filled with activities last night and we weren't sure what we were going to do for the activity today. Luckily we had some supplies given to me by my sister yesterday to make a sweet treat and save the day.

We made pseudo cake pops tonight with doughnut holes, frosting and sprinkles. The kids loved it!

Thanks, Aunt DeeDee!