Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ARE the 24th and 25th advent activities. No additional planning needed! We spent the night at the McD’s after our prawns and champagne night, and created our own little Christmas morning experience with them on Christmas Eve morning. We relaxed in our jammies, enjoyed biscuits and gravy, and opened presents....
We’ve spoken before about how meaningful gift giving is really important to us. I knew having a piece of Isla’s art that could be worn for years would be such a sentimental keepsake, so we had necklaces made using Isla’s snowflake drawings!!! I came up with the necklace idea just after Christmas last year and...
In our tips for simple, stress-free advent activities we encourage you to create advent activities around things you’d already be doing. Incorporating your family traditions into your advent activities works so well! Every December 23, the anniversary of my grandmother’s passing, we gather together with my aunt, uncle, and cousins to share a meal and...
Cookie baking day is another tradition we love so much— especially when there is yummy ginger snap dough to sneak! When we gather for cookie baking we each bring one or two pre-made doughs to bake, and spend the afternoon rolling, cutting out, and decorating. This year I broke from tradition and made mini dark...
The Albaugh side of Isaac’s family comes together the Saturday before every Christmas to celebrate with a potluck and gift exchange. It is one of our very favorite traditions! This gathering is the only time each year that nearly everyone is together, so there is lots of hugging and happy catching up throughout the evening....
