I'm hoping that instead of just spending all of my time preparing for Christmas, which is what I usually do, I can create some memories for us. I am not super crafty and am still at work so I just found a few simple activities that were cheap and that we could do together. We have also been watching fantastic little movie clips from the Mormon Channel which have really helped us bring the Christmas spirit into our home. I have been pleasantly surprised to see that the kids, especially Jayda, love these movies and beg for more.
On Sunday we sat down together and created these paper Christmas trees with gold glitter stars and talked about the special star up in the sky when Jesus was born. The kids like to have us twirl the fan around and watch the trees spin like a mobile.
The kids also got to open their first present which was new Christmas pjs. We wanted them to have them long enough to enjoy them before Christmas came. Luckily they were a hit.
Monday night for family night we invited our next door neighbor and her 3 girls over to decorate gingerbread men. Bentley and Bryce's man is on the left with as much candy as they could possibly fit and Jayda's is on the right. I put the icing on for her and she did the rest.
Last but not least, what would Christmas be without a 6 foot icicle in your nightly bath?
