Each year as we reflect upon our advent activities, Isla lists dinner by the tree as one of her favorites. It is perfect for a busy day, or when we need to change plans at the last minute. Lights twinkling, music on, we huddle together at the base of our tree and share a meal—...
I love this sweet and simple tradition that is perfect for breakfast or dinner! Simply make one large round pancake for the head, one medium round pancake for the muzzle, two small oval pancakes for ears, bacon for antlers, chocolate chips for eyes, and a cherry for the nose. You could certainly substitute the toppings...
I’m not sure which part of this evening was my favorite: the epic grinchy milkshakes or hiding the ornament in Cole’s underwear drawer for the kids to find! Really all of the evening was great, from the delicious all-green dinner to making the sprinkle covered pretzel rods for our Seuss inspired milkshakes to snuggling up...
As you may have seen in our last post, we had to do some with our advent activities, so we ended up with two advent activities on Friday. Thankfully, they both aligned perfectly with our movie and pizza night tradition!⠀ The kids and I made puppy chow during the day and they LOVED the process—...
We were all so worn down on Wednesday that we chose to skip our advent activity and then double up on Friday when we had more energy. We also forgot to prepare our ornaments for an activity one day, so I had to improvise. And my ADVENT DAY 9 activity (an up-cycled candy cane craft)...
