Advent Activities--Part 3

And here's the last of them!

December 17: Find a present for Dad. Logan got him some 49ers paraphernalia. Smart boy! Oh yeah, and a toy hunting knife.

December 18: Watch a Christmas show. We watched Rudolph!

December 19: Frost sugar cookies. Gina was kind enough to have all of us over to frost sugar cookies. It was great because sugar cookies was already on our calendar, so Gina ended up saving me a lot of time because I didn't have to make them myself. Thanks Gina! Then the kids watched The Polar Express and we women visited. It was a fun day for all of us!

 

The boys came up from downstairs all dressed up as super heroes. I'd love to be rescued by this good looking guy!

 They even got to eat in the TV room!

December 20: Have reindeer pancakes for dinner. We did this one last year. So fun!

December 21: Help Mom make a Christmas treat. We made some cookies then gave them out to all the neighbors in our building a few days later. He loves to help me in the kitchen.

 Even if he doesn't look like it here.....

December 22: Visit great grandpa. I had planned on doing this the previous week but I got sick. Luckily, there was a little family gathering at his place with all of his children and grandchildren, so we got to see him then.

December 23: Watch the video Santa made for you. There's this website, The Portable North Pole (or something like that), that we've used for the past 3 years. You input your child's information and then a video is created. Santa talks to your child, using their name and specific information you put in, and at the end your child finds out if he/she is on the naughty or nice list. It's great, and they change it every year. Logan was on the nice list!!!

December 24: Leave cookies out for Santa. And of course, a little snack for the reindeer, too. Santa really enjoyed the cookies. ;)

It was a fun countdown to Christmas! Oh how I love December!!!

Advent Calendar Activities Part 2

I have no idea why it's so hard to keep up on this thing. But that's the way it is. Here are more pictures of our countdown to Christmas.

Dec 8: Make paper snowflakes. As shown in my previous post, we don't just do paper snowflakes. We love making these!!!

 

December 9: Write a letter to Santa. He did such a good job with this, and also had to draw a picture of what he wanted, just to make sure. And he made me laugh every time I asked him what he wanted for Christmas. All he ever wanted was a nativity set that he could paint (he saw it at the store once) and an M&M Candy Cane. Silly kid.

December 10: Go to an FM100 concert. When my parents were hear they'd go to every concert, which was every Tuesday and Thursday between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They'd go almost 2 hours early and when I wanted to go I'd have a good seat waiting for me. This was also while I worked so Logan was always there too. And he loved them. So I try to make sure that I go to at least one every year. We were joined with most of the family. Good music and family....always makes for a good time!

 Logan really misses being with the Lombardi boys.

 These 2 boys were holding hands. It was the cutest thing.

What cute kids!!!!

 And then we had to go find Santa's special mailbox so we could send his letter!

11. Read Christmas books
12. Go on a Christmas boat ride. And yes, this boat ride was during those few weeks of frigid weather. We were pretty cold, but we still managed to have a good time. And we went with our awesome friends. Thanks Cates!!!

 Santa came to visit!

 Provo River.....frozen over. Like I said. It was cold!

13. Elf Yourself! I uploaded our pictures and then we watched our pretty amazing dance moves. It's seriously so funny!!! And Logan loved it. And yes, these pictures are kind of pointless. But whatever.

14: See Santa! I was hoping this would go better than it did. And I really wish that I wasn't in this picture, but it's the only way Logan would get any where near the old man. :) He was a great Santa, too. And how cute is Lydia in this? Finally something she could participate in!

15. Make a gingerbread house. We love doing this. It's so fun. And I can't say how grateful I am for the kits. I realize it doesn't leave a whole lot of room for creativity, but it makes it so much easier (and I don't like gingerbread, so I don't want to spend my precious time (ha!) making it.)

 

16. Go to the dancing Christmas lights house. There's a really good one of these in Murray or there abouts. But now that we live in Eagle Mountain, no way were we going to drive all the way down there. Luckily, I found one in Saratoga Springs. It wasn't quite as good, but it was still cool. And of course, Logan loved it. That's why we do these things!

(I may not have had time to clean his face off....)

More to come!